Hi Larry. Yeah, though I decided to try & so far very happy with AVG for now, I've read a lot of good things about Avast as well. That said, I just installed the free version of Comodo Firewall Pro and it's really working great. The reason I've now switched from the built-in WindowsXP Firewall to Comodo is because Comodo includes BOTH incoming AND outgoing firewall protection, whereas the built in Windows XP firewall software only supports incoming protection: Feature comparison between Comodo Firewa...wall protection

- Scott