Using AOL is quite like sealing your entire body inside a thick concrete shell. Sure, nothing can get to you and hurt you (except gamma radiation if the concrete is not thick enough), but you're not going to be able to enjoy any of the good things of life. Look, break out of the shell, get an antivirus program, and use Firefox with adblock. You'll find out that you can actually live a pretty fun life without getting viruses.
It's all a trap--AOL wants you to think that every GIF and JPEG is a virus. They want you to think that they're the only e-mail service that blocks spam. They want you to think that just because you have to pay ludicrous amounts for it, it's better than free things like Gmail and Firefox. And it isn't.
And I think the last time anyone in my house got a virus, it was when we were using AOL. Some help that thick concrete shell is.