Dustin wrote:

> >> Root kits are the real danger.
> >
> > For for a system running Windows 98.
>
> No.

I actually meant to say no. I meant to say:

Not for a system running Windows 98.

> Win9x systems have many more dangers to contend with.

No they don't.

As someone who has been running win-98 on several systems for the past
12 years, I can say that it is invulnerable to web-based threats over
that time-frame - unlike win-NT based machines that are constantly
getting ****ed over by hackers because NT (which includes
2k/xp/the-abortion-known-as-vista/7) is so poorly designed to be an
internet-facing OS.

Just look at what happened with XP between 2002 and 2006.

You were a fool to be surfing the web with XP during those years.
Meanwhile exploit attempts just bounced off win-98 systems during those
years.