Protection

There is only one proven method that can be used against a virus, never start a program that was not already on your computer and never use someone else's CD. Unfortunately this practice is still so, these things go used are:
¤ Backups - made frequent backups of files on your hard drive. Remember that at one time you could lose the entire hard drive contents. Have you made backups of all your important files? Things like passwords and phone numbers from an electronic book are the most difficult to recover. So be prepared for the worst.
¤ Rescue Disk - many programs such as Norton Utilities and TBAV and will allow you to create a "rescue disk" which is actually a floppy disk that you can boot in an emergency. This disk will contain a copy of important system information such as partition table, Master Boot Table (MBR), CMOS settings, and other important information.
Also on this disk, you should store tools that can be used in identifying, cleaning and removing viruses from harddisk. This disk should be write-protected, and updated each time you change the system.
¤ Anti-Virus Software - There are many anti-virus programs available on the electronic market. Generally the best but there are shareware and some freeware. But be careful what software to use in fighting viruses as some are not very effective.
¤ Information - Try to get some information about how the virus works, find out what new ones have appeared and how you can defend them. Most computer users ignore information on how to drive a virus. Reading this article you've just made a big step in protecting your computer from virus attack.