-- Posted by x Jean Paul x at 7:34 am on April 23, 2008 After doing loads of research a couple of years ago I forked out for KAV and Outpost as, in my research these two products sounded like the best AV and firewall available. What I didn't realise at the time was that they didn't play well together and required far more time to harmonise than I was prepared to spend. I have just gone for a complete reinstall of XP and I'm starting afresh, and this time, I'm going free-free-free. I have currently opted for: AVG  Antivirus, which seems fairly unobtrusive and has good reviews. I may be wrong but I think it also incorporates Ewido now. Online Armor Firewall. I love the simple GUI - it seems simple enough for me to understand! Not like Outpost which I just couldn't get on with. Spyware Terminator - seems to do a good quiet job Firefox Web browser - IE is painful after using FF Noscript  - I like it but my girlfriend gets fed up of manually allowing or forbiding bits and pieces. A set of filters like those available for Adblock for the most common sites would be good... Sandboxie  - a new program for me. I love it - like all my favourite solutions it seems like a simple and comprehensive solution. I haven't had any compatibility problems at yet using these all in conjunction. I was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations or preferable combinations. -- Posted by Energizer Bunny at 7:35 am on April 23, 2008 AVG fucked up for me. Refused to update. -- Posted by Gaz1988 at 7:39 am on April 23, 2008 AVG rules! -- Posted by Mikoto at 7:41 am on April 23, 2008 AVG and Firefox ftw. Unless I'm using my Mac, which doesn't need anything. :P -- Posted by Darkane at 7:42 am on April 23, 2008 That's a pretty good list. I always used Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D Whatever spyware one mightn't pick up, the other probably would. Sygate Personal Firewall seems to work well with AVG too. -- Posted by blufindr at 7:48 am on April 23, 2008 i have a similar setup to yours. -avg anti-v -mozilla ff -avg anti-s -lavasoft ad-aware (better to be safe than sorry) -comodo firewall home (free edition) aside from comodo's vista-esque nags about install programs, i find everything to work more efficiently without clashing. -- Posted by xoxo1234 at 8:06 am on April 23, 2008 FiyerrrFawx <3 -- Posted by DJ Josh at 10:31 am on April 23, 2008 I'm on Windows Live OneCare It covers everything I need and yes, I do use Firefox from time to time.