What price peace of mind? Would you believe $219? Norton Anti-Virus 2.1 scans your computer for 1400 viruses that can invade your computer, eat data and programs and make hard disks unusable.
It loads extremely easily and creates a system floppy disk with essential details about your computer to enable you to get going quickly after a virus attack. This software will tell you that your system is clear of the 1400 known viruses and mutations of them, but more importantly will tell you how to get out of strife if you suffer a virus attack.
Using the Virus Clinic part of the program you can repair infected files or if unrepairable delete them.
The 2.1 version enables easy network loading. Networks are more vulnerable to attack from viruses because they have many users. Floppy disks, the main source of viruses can be scanned before they are used. Compressed files have to be decompressed first and files from databases have to be imported first; they cannot be scanned while they are coming in.
Impatient people might not like waiting and extra 30 seconds while Anti Virus scans the system every time you turn it on, but that is the price of peace of mind.
Most computers blissfully go through life never having a virus infect their computer; those that do get one will go through a lot of agony that could be spared them with Anti-Virus 2.1. That said $219 is a bit pricey, but that is not uncommon for software sold in Australia.