About the Antivirus - you are right - i wanted people to name a good antivirus 2 use (give me your recommandation).
about the Firewall : Zonalarm is nice , but not enough -
4 example - he does not respond to massive arrival of packets from a shell (fast computer).
and yes , if u connected alot to the net , talk alot in IRC\'s -
u should ve firewall (even though u dont have static ip).
Thank You,
Me.