Anti-Virus

[drn]

i have been on line for over 4 years now and have yet to use one and i have never ever got a bug so is there realy a need for spending all that cash on the programing and updateing it realy needed

[daveleau]

There are several free online. AVP is one of the best and can be DLed free. I got NAV 2000 for $10 (just the cd w/o the Norton books). I don't use any of them myself though. I DO use forewalls for my cable connectiont hough. I just don't use floppies or zip disks from other computers.
Dave

[BFlurie]

Depends alot on what you do. I occasionally run a manual scan, but like you never found anything. Avoid your buddies' shared floppies, don't open unknown email & files & stay away from sleezy chat sites & chances are in your favor. Most viruses or trojans that survive out on the Web will be "new" & won't be detected by AV progs anyways!

[drn]

thanks guys I ran a manual check today and it is clean