text: do u think that att yahoo online protection is good enough to replace the store bought virus protecters?   no.  there's no substitute for a quality anti-virus and spyware protector that you manage yourself.  if you're looking for a good free program of each variety, try anti-vir (http://www.free-av.com/) and spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/).  there's nothing wrong with online scanners, per se; however, having a dependable, locally installed line of defense is always your best bet.