Virus Checking

Which most, with the exception of people who are relatively technically inclined. I probably am, or close to, the least technically knowledgeable person on the list, due to age, inexperience, lack of intelligence, or a mixture. But if I were to go on the streets almost anywhere, I'd be way above the average. I know. I got my friend a CD for his birthday like 2 years ago, IIRC, it was something he'd liked on my computer for some time, and I believe it was from Interplay. The first thing he did (after removing the shringwrap)? Pop the CD in (relatively full at 550MB) and virus scanned the entire thing. Now, with his 4x CDROM, it didn't go to well. He did this with MS Anti Virus... 1) Software programs on media ususally don't contain viruses. 2) Interplay is a well-known publisher, and would not have had a virus on any of it's products if it wanted to stay in business for more than a couple more weeks. 3) It was shrwinkwrapped. 4) MS Antivirus wouldn't recognize a 1997 virus if it needed to. (Sheesh! 1997 was two years ago! Man!) Tim