I used to swear by Norton Anti-Virus from Symantec. It had never let me down once since version 1 came out for DOS more than 20 years ago. I now recommend NOD32 Antivirus from Eset. They run circles around the competition when it comes to detecting new viruses that never have been seen before. By the time that someones infected computer emails you a problem virus, it's really nice to be already well protected. If you can not afford to spend $39 for the first year of NOD32 or wish to provide at least some level of protection for non-critical systems there are two very good freeware anti-virus programs available. Avast free antivirus from Alwil or Download.com and AVG free antivirus from Grisoft or Download.com. It is my opinion that they are as good or better than most other paid anti-virus programs. If think that your system may have been already compromised, you should at least run the 30 day trial version of NOD32 to first assure a known clean state before downgrading to the lower level of protection from another antivirus programs. |  What to do when someone emails you a virus |

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