Good free anti-badguys-stuff

[caravel]

I personally would run also firefox with the Noscript ad-on. It will harden your browser well enough... of course best on Ubuntu, at least for surfing

OA

I forgot to mention the Noscript add-on. It's pretty much a necessity.

[Drisos]

Hmm.. seems like I"m getting a free Avast Antivirus with my pc wether I want it or not. any knowledge on that?

[Drisos]

I'm going for AVG and spywareblaster now. Sounds ok?

I'm trying to find out if the network is indeed behind a router. I hope so. If not.. I'll try 'Comodo'?

Any more tips, etc?

[caravel]

The LAN you are on will be connected to a switch which will be connected to a router. This is necessary in order for the workstations to share the internet connection between them. A firewall will be part of the set up, probably a separate one or as part of the router. You won't need a personal firewall, just AVG, a non-IE web browser, and some anti spyware programs. (as already mentioned in this thread)