Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpl-opus!knotts
From: knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Is Virus a Real Threat?
Message-ID: <80330002@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 11 Dec 90 17:33:24 GMT
Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
Lines: 13


I was recently warned by someone that the computer viri are everywhere, and
that if I didn't get an anti-viral program soon, I would likely lose all
of my data. Who was this person? You guessed it: a sales person.

How likely is it that I could be infected? I have some low-cost share-
ware, and use Prodigy. I suppose to be on the safe side, I should get the
viral program. Can someone recommend a good one. Do these programs really
work?

Thanks,

tom