>Hi Jeff.
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>>I need to replace my bootleg AV program and want suggestions.
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>I know this sounds like heresy, but I DO NOT run AV software on either my laptop or desktop. It was actually Rick Strahl who convinced me to give it a try. If you have a good firewall and don't open suspicious emails, why take the huge performance hit every AV package causes? I've been running AV-free for two years with no problems.
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Wow. Interesting. Normally I would think that's a dingbat idea in this day and age but if you and Rick are doing it, it gives me something to think about.

A couple of questions -- what about web sites that want to stealthily load stuff onto your machine? Avoid them, or does the firewall catch them? And what firewall(s) do you use?