[LonePalm]

I will second the ZoneAlarm Extreme. It is worth every penny.

Coupled with Spybot Search & Destroy you will have as close to perfect protection as you could want.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[rstrahan]

Malwarebytes has saved our rears a couple of times as a particularly nasty ‘hostage virus ‘ hit our machines.

SystemMechanic is a great overall system repair software, cheaper than the ‘as seen on TV’ stuff.