What do I need to buy to keep my computer safe?

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http://filehippo.com/software/firewalls/

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Here are some free programs you don't have to pay for.

My favorites are AVG antivirus, ZoneAlarm Firewall, and Ad-aware antispyware.

Give it a try, it's free ;).

The best advice would be though - don't download stuff you think shouldn't be downloaded and looks suspicious, don't go to the websites that arn't very familiar to you and you don't know what's there. Just be careful, but not paranoid.

Check with your ISP. A lot of them give out free Virus Scan, Firewall and Utilitiy suites.

well u need security suite the best one is kaspersky internet security bit expensive but panda antivirus is also good available from like 10 bucks .. get one antispyware webroot spyware and one free firewall from zonelabs.com

take care and happy holidays

You don't have to buy anything, Top-100 essential downloads of free software & freeware for Windows XP http://100-downloads.com/ and download all you need for free

the only way its going to be safe is if the user has good practices .... adaware, avast, and a free software firewall should be all u ever need ...

frirewall /antivirus /antispyware/ keep ur /antivirus /antispyware/ uptodate . update windows as well never disable ur firewall/antivirus