Hve used them all, so far have been hapy with avast, is it the incresed viral activity or is it me, avast is is one of the AV programs i use and it does report plenty, more than say norman or fsecure but,, at the rate im trashing computers i thinkli best be ofline, and i di use firewaals, presently on 4 putters avast the main AV and norton, fsecure, zone and kerio as firewalls, i gues i must invest in hardware firewalls as thease 4 dont work 100% wichway ever configured, eaven disable all trafik