Please recommend: Firewall for Win98SE and WinME

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From: Penang (penang_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: 5 Oct 2004 20:54:59 -0700

I am looking for good firewall for Win 98SE and WinME.

My machine runs WinXP, I use ADSL to connect to the Net, and I use
WinXP's built-in firewall when I'm online.

My friends have their machines online via ADSL too, but their machines
don't have WinXP. One is Win 98SE, another one is Win ME.

During the weekend, I scan both their machines for virus, using Norton
AntiVirus 2003 professional, and you know what I found ?

On the Win 98SE machine, there were 793 files infected with virus, 3
of them could NOT be fixed.

On the Win ME machine, ther were 638 files infected with virus, 2 of
them couldn't be fixed.

I regularly scan my machine, and from time to time, I found one or two
viruses, perhaps it's because of the firewall. On my friends' machines
however, there are no firewalls.

So my question is - if I want to set up firewall for them, what are
the choices ?

Are there any good and free firewall available for Win 98SE and WinME
?

The machine used by my friends are older machines, and one requirement
for the firewall, if they are used, is that they don't slow down the
machine too much.

Do you have any recommendation ?

Many thanks !!

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