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[dervish]

Besides Avast Home, what other protection do I need?  Does Avast block pop ups?  Spyware?  Please advise.

[DavidR]

1. See - What Other Security Software do you use apart from avast! http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=28395.0.

2. No.

3. Whilst avast isn't a specialist anti-spyware it detects spyware signatures, see 1. above.

[dervish]

Thank you David R.  I am reading the link now. 

Also I forgot to ask - should I enable Windows Firewall?  I had disabled the Firewall while I was using Norton.  But I just got rid of Norton which is a huge relief.   

[Marc57]

Thank you David R.  I am reading the link now. 

Also I forgot to ask - should I enable Windows Firewall?  I had disabled the Firewall while I was using Norton.  But I just got rid of Norton which is a huge relief.   

Yes, by all means turn on windows firewall.

[dervish]

Thanks Marc57

[Lisandro]

Other software suggestions...
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=28395.msg231962#msg231962

[Marc57]

Thanks Marc57

No problem, Glad to help.

[DavidR]

Thank you David R.  I am reading the link now. 

Also I forgot to ask - should I enable Windows Firewall?  I had disabled the Firewall while I was using Norton.  But I just got rid of Norton which is a huge relief.   

No problem, welcome to the forums.

The windows firewall is the absolute minimum but it provides no outbound protection, you should look for another stand alone (not suit) firewall. There are some mentioned in the above links, many in the forums are using Comodo but there are others.

See A Forum discussion on free firewalls http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=30808.0
Also see http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php.