hah.... i suggest AVG~~ it's good..... Kaspersky also not bad.... others like NAV or panda or mcafee oweyz make my com hang up... Firewall i suggest Outpost~~ it's d best u noe?? coz i got 2 the http://www.pcflank.com to do all the test.... n it pass all..... b4 i use kaspersky anti-hacker... n it fail most of it..... donno how's it 2 other firewall software like zonealarm.... hav a try.... c how good is ur firewall....