I have antivirus protection, it is a free one that I downloaded so I imagine it is not a very good antivirus but I remain quite confident that it can repell any virus that RHC may send me. I also have a free spyware programme that stops naughty little adverts from installing themselves into my laptop both are quite handy and both say quite clearly in the T&C's that they are very effective in repelling RHC virus and RHC spyware programmes.