Quote Originally Posted by Just A Girl
Get kerio personal fire wall
I've heard a lot of raves about Zone Alarm firewall...

And for an anti-spyware / adaware program I use Ad-Aware SE Personal, does a cracking job

I lost faith in Microsoft Internet Explorer years ago, its just way too easy to exploit. I don't trust Google Toolbar either, something I'd read in the installation / setup / terms and conditions put me right off.