My encounter with a computer virus

My recent episode with a computer virus, that sends itself to people I am connected to by MSN, has given a few "thinkers".

• My existing anti virus from Trend Micro that is paid for, could not arrest the problem.
• The virus was finally eliminated by AVG, a FREE anti-virus software, that I downloaded from Download.com.
• Some friends, who are online but have not talked to for some time, were stirred into a conversation with me. I got to thank the virus for that.
• I will be even MORE earnest in doing my backups after this incident.