I use BlackIce for firewall and esafe for virus protection. They are the best so far. I also use AdAware and it is so good that although it's free I bought it to support the company. Esafe is free for now but they will be charging in March, and they will get my money. It has caught everything so far, even email that is bad. I have had my system checked out because I heard BlackIce was letting hits through, and they could not see any ports on my system to get through. Marque