An apparatus, program product and method integrate virus checking
functionality into a computer database search environment to assist in
protecting a user computer from contracting a computer virus when
accessing search results. The generation of a display representation of a
result set generated in response to a search request may be based at
least in part upon virus status information associated with at least a
portion of a plurality of result records identified in the generated
result set. Moreover, an apparatus, program product, and method configure
a first computer to receive virus status information generated by a
plurality of computers, with such received virus status information
stored in a virus database that is accessible by the first computer.