Firefox and new virus protection...

[sb24]

Alright i dont know where i have been, but its time for me to use Firefox instead of internet explorer. I hadnt been using the home computer much so i didnt care about IE vs firefox but now im using it alot more again.

So can you guys recommend a good place to download it (i assume its free) and then a few of the add ons(links) that work best. Iv been reading about the adblocker and whatnot and think its great.

Next my virus protection ran out (mcafee i think) a while back but i didnt have a need to renew as i wasnt using the internet. So are there free reliable virus protections out there? I didnt think there would be but i swear i have seen some people talk about it.

If i do change protections, what would i need to install or uninstall to make sure they dont cancel each other out? I still have xp.

I would greatly appreciate any help figuring out the best solution.

[chadskee]

Re: Firefox and new virus protection...

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html

There is your Firefox download.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

Good free anti-virus and anti-spyware. I'm sure some other OSers will have more ideas in this area.

I'm not sure about the canceling out thing; but I'd personally just delete McAfee so you don't get annoying upgrade notifications.

EDIT: Add-ons

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Add blocker

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2390

Video Downloader

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146

Screengrab

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9527

...and my personal favorite ubiquity. See this video to see what it can do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjdXNnRMfU

[Miles_Yuhas]

Re: Firefox and new virus protection...

For anti-virus I think AVG is poor. In terms of free ones, prefer this one instead.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

[sb24]

Re: Firefox and new virus protection...

Thanks guys i will download tonight and check it out. chadskee thanks for that good bit of info i really appreciate it.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Firefox and new virus protection...

AVAST! is one of the best free Anti-virus programs around.

Also there's some cloud something AV program that's supposed to be really good, and really light on your computer.