Viruscan problem after a crash

[habba]

I'm using Win98. After a crash and resetting the motherboard and reinstalling a few items all is well EXCEPT I can't or should I say I'm unable to install Virusscan 5.0. I keep getting the message
"Your system has not been modified. Please run setup again"
I've deleted everything I could find from the HD, still same message.

Any ideas or tips?

habba8

 

[habba]

^^^

 

[Mem]

Try running an online virus scan first from hereto check for any virus ,you might want to consider using AVG which is free,I went from Mcafee to AVG and won`t go back,last resort is a complete reformat and try installing Mcafee.

 

[habba]

Thank, Mem. The online test came up "page not found". However I did get the free AGV and serial no. Reformat as you said is a last resort. Obviously. It's just that I'm so used to mcaffee, which won't install.
Then again, I don't like having no virus protection. I'll try it. Thanks for the free info. Anandtech help to the rescue as usual.

PS. Can I also run the scan from the A drive or is the startup disk for virus removal only?

 

[habba]

Update: I installed AGV. It crashed twice while scanning. Once getting the message "illegal operation" and the second one getting the usual blue screen "fatal exception" or something.

any more suggestions?

 

[habba]

Scratch the last post. After several reboots and tries, all seems to be well.

thanks

 

[Mem]

Scratch the last post. After several reboots and tries, all seems to be well.

thanks

habba,

I was going to say AVG is solid and rock stable ,btw in AVG Control Centre panel under email scanner tab,have all the boxes ticked including Outlook Express plug-in if you use that so it will scan both outgoing and incoming messages.My link to " http://housecall.trendmicro.com" does work in my first post,strange it doesn`t for you.


For info on AVG ,right click on AVG taskbar icon at bottom corner near clock & select "run AVG anti-virus" then click on the help tab at top for all topic info on AVG.

 

[habba]

Unfortunately I use Netscape for email only

Thanks for your time and help!!!

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