>>Thought I'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone here:
>>1) There's a lot of talk about Firefox cf. IE. What is the general consensus: is it better than IE?
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>I've tried FF, but IE renders fonts better. IE7 does cleartype in the browser, which is nice for LCD screens. IE7 comes with tabs. With the pop-up blocker (introduced in IE6) and the anti-phishing feature (introduced with IE7), I never get spyware infections. Though I continue to do Ad-aware scans to get rid of the tracking cookies.
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>>2) Firewalls. Since getting rid of Norton, and installing AVG, I'm geting a much smoother ride on my home 'puter.
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>By the way, AVG just released version 7.5. Better interface and the scan results screen makes more sense.
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>> Similarly I took, some time ago, advantage of collecting a few free firewalls together. I understand that it's not a good idea to have more than one f/w going at any one time - I might get an even smoother ride with just on - so, out of the following, a) is it better to choose one over the other or have tow on? b) which is more recommended?
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>I use the WinXP firewall to protect computers on my network from each other in case a virus breaks out. I use a LinkSys wireless router as my firewall between my network and the internet. Works like a charm. When I do port scans at grc.com, my firewall is tight.
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>I haven't seen a need to run two software firewalls. I find that Zonealarms asks too many questions.

Thanks Evan

You must be exhausted; that's the most I've seen you write for ages! :-)