Downloading a virus, by accident?

can I go go on line as a limited user to avoid downloading a virus
& how

Any user on a computer on any kind of account can introduce a virus to said computer. Use a good anti virus, dont download codecs for films that you got from file sharing. In fact dont download stuff from p2p. Get a decent firewall and some anti spyware. Dont download anything from the internet. Dont go on the internet. Dont have a computer. Dont eat eggs, fish fatty meat. Dont smoke, dont drink do drugs or otherwise alter your mind chemically, dont breathe the air. Dont have sex ever again
Have a nice day

No, but nice question.

Google AVG, then get it, download it, install it and run it.

AVG scans files before, during and after downloading them. AVG will tell you "whoa dude VIRUS" well not those exact words, but it will alert you to nasties in a file.

Safets way is to ensure you have Norton or similar. Even after that you have to actually do something if the virus arrives at your machine.

Easy m8

1) Get some sort of protection eg norton , DO NOT GET THE FREE STUFF which comes with your computer thats crap

2) Dont accept nothing that you dont trust

3) If you ever get a virus take your internet out and run a scan .

Then turn your pc off

Once you have got rid of the virus run another scan keep doing this again and again about 10 times just incase it has missed it .

if you don't want to get a virus simply don't go on the Internet LOL. please DON'T use Norton or AVG, they both suck and me and my friend have both been infected even though we used those. use Avira or Avast as your antivirus and ZoneAlarm as your firewall, they are both really good

no you cant if thats what your looking for, but you can use a program that makes viruss not able to get out the program (a little confusingly said there) its called sandboxiee or something. it makes it so if you downald a program you run it in sandboxiee and if it has a virus, it cant effect you unless you run it out of sandboxiee. i would use KASPERSKY security ,only the best. and if you are overly protective, turn on parental controls for the internet on yourself, then deny you from downloading anything that isnot trusted. simple as that.

if your afraid of getting a virus don't d/l anything, stay out of porn sites and chatrooms, and don't open any e-mail you can't trust.
run a good antivirus proggy not norton or maccaffee though.
also a firewall and antispyware proggy.
the safest of all would be use the p/c for games and forget the web. no internet connection no worry of viri.

Surfing as a limited user will stop most viruses infecting your computer,either create another account, ( control panel >user accounts ) or use a program like DropMyRights.Note,as a limited user,you cannot download and install programs, as you are not allowed to alter the registry,but then the same will apply for viruses