Im posting this to make sure that all you Interstate players are protecting yourself against virus attacks.
While the obvious start is a virus checker, these slow down your PC, and most of the time you have to turn them off during games, leaving yourself vunerable. With the right software, and a bit of common sense you can protect yourself without the need of a virus checker always running.
1. Step one, get some good firewall software. While many recomend ZoneAlarm, I personnally find Sygate Personal Firewall ( Free ) better.
2. If you use XP, disable the built in firewall as its useless, and has been shown to neither protect against m$ flaws, and usually blocks stuff that you want let through. Theres plenty of guides on the web for how to do this so I wont go into this.
3. Install Spyware Blaster which stops virus that use Browser exploits to infect your PC.
4. Make sure all your accounts, this means your parents, sisters, brothers etc have a password set and do not just login in straight away. It does not have to be a hard or cryptic password, your not stopping hackers, just virus's that connect to your PC by unpassworded accounts.
5. Always be cautious about all attachments, including files by instant messaging. Dispite people being aware, many still open virus because they have been tricked by the email praying on a human weakness or pretending to be from a trusted site.
Take these first steps towards protecting yourself, and you will be more likely playing Interstate than re-installing over a corrupt windows.