well long time no post for me but i have two questions.my friend is having a really bad time with their computer, viruses, and spyware. my question is if i back up all their info(like personal stuff not the os and sytem files) to a external hard drive and then connect it to my computer to scan the files with every anti virus program and spyware program i have, would i be taking any risk in getting the viruses on my computer? I'm not talking about opening the files i'm just talking about scanning the hard drive with the programs. i know that if i went and opened the files and stuff i'd take a chance in getting anything that might have infected them. 2nd question what would, in your opinion, be the best antivirus program and anti spyware program, and why? but i dont want this to be the main topic unless my first question is easily answered.thanks everyone in advance for the suggestions and help