If your computer is not protected these days your really playing with fire. The internet is full of so many viruses you could say that your computer is in more danger of catching a cold or worse the flu than you are every day. The difference is your computer can avoid this problem with an anti virus program installed to shield it from harm. Their is a toss up as to what is the best virus protection, however any protection is better than no protection. If you have one of those free software programs installed you will pretty much be ok. It doesn’t cost a think to get protection.