Not if you don't want to, but I would thoroughly recommend nod 32. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mandy To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Laptop. Hi. Thanks for the tips and ideas. Nobody has suggested antivirus so is AVG sufficient? No need to buy or try NOD32? I agree reformatting is over the top but I don't think the Dell engineer will get the laptop working without I shall ask though as obviously don't want to lose everything if it can be avoided. Mandy.