No virus program I know of can protect against the first wave of infections. Virus co's may find it own their own or it may be reported by infected users. Then and only then can they develop a block and then they must get it out to all paid subscribers and then subscriber must go online to get updates. Depending on popularity of the infection source a lot of computers can become infected before update arrives. In other words - if you are one of the first - no virus program can help. True they might stop basic techniques but serious threats seldom follow old ways. As with many things in life - you get the quality you pay for.