I am trying to install comndo on win98, when i click the downloaded file nothing happens for a while then i get the error
“This application has asked the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way, please contact the applications support team for more infomation”
the Install is a clean install of win98 with updates apllied. no other programs whatsoever have been installed yet…
Sybex
That’s strange,
If you try to download, is it from this forum or from the comodo homepage?
Also with what browser are you working?
I downloaded it from the comndo home page, i downloaded it twice actually , because after seeing the error i thought it was a bad download so deleted it and re-downloaded it…
Syb
Looks like or their was a problem downloading this morning or you have a problem with your internet.
In both cases first check your preferences in Internet explorer, see if everyhing is set to medium.
then try downloading it again.
By the way, are you using another firewall except that one from Windows itself ?
Hi,
actually i downloaded it straight to the win98 machine, so no firewall (except on the router, netgear DG834 v2) no nothing, and using broadband, I will leave it a couple of hours and try and download again, but i dont think its a download problem, could be wrong of course. settings in IE are default settings as its a clean install. usually I have no problem with downloads in fact this would be the first I ever had if it is bad…
Syb
So sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Sybex ~
If you look a the System Requirements section on Comodo’s Firewall page http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ you will see it says
Note - Not compatible with Windows 9x systems
No doubt this is at the root of your issue.
LM
ahh yep , didnt look there cause someone recomended it for win98 … ok thanks mate
its a love job , dont suppose u can reccomend a firewall that will work with 98 ? peeps have no money struggling in their retirement and was trying to help them out
syb
Free firewalls with Win98? I don’t have a lot of suggestions, I’m afraid. Jetico Personal 1.x is supposed to work on that OS, I think, but requires a lot of configuration AFAIK. Maybe not the best for some folks. I know SafetyNet is free and works on Win98; it’s not great, but it works, and is pretty much trouble-free. This page has some firewall test results http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php. If you scroll down about halfway or so, you’ll see their overall ratings of a number of FW’s. You can look those up and see if any fit the bill.
Alternatively, if they want to/are willing to learn to use Linux, that would be easy enough to set up on an old machine and has a built-in firewall through IP Tables configuration… That obviously is not the route for all users, either. Or, given the scenario, if you have access to an old computer (that still works) you could install a minimalist security-hardened linux distro on it to serve as their gateway (and thus, their firewall).
LM
PS: Sorry for going a bit overboard… the easiest route is probably to find a compatible firewall that works and isn’t going to pester them all the time. No that’s not the best security, but it would seem that retired folks aren’t spending their time doing p2p downloads of porn and visiting hack/crack/warez sites, so maybe it’s sufficient.
The free Jetico firewall shows that it works with Win98. It gives decent protection.
Here’s the link:
http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#07414894432916208198
jasper
Jetico is the most difficult firewall to configure. Anyway, this thread must be closed as we’ve identified the cause of the error. For those who want to continue the WIN98 firewalls topic, I lead you to this:
https://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,7112.0.html
or this:
https://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,2804.0.html