> > 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.