I recently (yesterday) went to a link from google news article (which I thought would be safe) that purported to offer a 2 day 25-27 free dowload of a program that allowed ripping dvds to any format.

I downloaded but did NOT open it. Well apparently it downloaded a REALLY nasty virus which took me hours to clear up.

Sorry - I can't remember the name of the program and it's gone from my download as I restored to an earlier date. But if you're tempted BEWARE.