> > > Howard, do you use any sort of anti-viral
> > > protective software?
> >
> > No. What would you recommend?
> > Howard
>
> Well, McAfee and Norton are the two big
> anti-virus software providers that I know of. I
> use McAfee at home and Norton at work. Both
> do a good job. I'd recommend either one.
>
> One can keep his computer virus-free just by
> using good sense when downloading stuff
> and opening e-mails (I went five years with my
> first computer with no anti-virus software) but
> it's getting harder and harder as people with
> too much time on their hands create more and
> more devious virii. If you get a good anti-viral
> software package and update it regularly (a
> must), it can take care of the stuff you might
> miss.
>
> I'm not sure about Norton, but the McAfee
> package I use only costs about $25 a year. I've
> had it for just over a year now, and I know that
> at least once it caught an infected file that
> slipped through my "good sense" filter and
> kept my machine from getting a virus.
> Definitely worth the money, if you ask me.

Thanks for the input. That $100 I spent cleaning this thing up would have bought four years of protection. Actually, with Tennessee's sales tax it was almost $110, but don't let me get started on that.
Howard