On 26-11-10 7:20 PM, Kurt Weiske -> All wrote:

 KW> Hi, all!

 KW> So what do you folks running Windows95 today do regarding Y2K and patches?
 KW> I'd love to throw one of my Windows95 installs into a VM, but I'n worried
 KW> about running a 15 year-old OS on an internet with 0 day exploits.

Despite the group name (WIN95) this FIDO group isn't really about Windows
95... and I'd be surprised if anyone currently posting on it is currently
running Windows 95 on any systems. (When Win98 was released, we debated
whether to change the name to WIN98 but concluded that it would cause too
many issues for the world-wide sysops carrying the group - each of whom
would have to rename the group on their system).

That said - it might actually be an interested experiment to install Win95
in a virtual session, and see whether problems arise. It might be difficult
to get any modern security software to run on a Windows 95 system - but on
the other hand, I doubt Win95 is being actively targetted by modern malware
authors.

In any event, assuming a firewall somewhere (not necessarily in the Win95
VM), and assuming you don't go out of your way to engage in stupid risky
online behaviours, you may find the system won't automatically get infested
- and if it does, it's easy enough to simply erase a virtual machine with
nothing lost but time.

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