best av: nod32 or trend best antispyware: spybot s&d best anitadware : adaware se pro and for firewalls either u use standard windows or zonealarm(if u wish to stay safer) but firewalls cant block hackers.
Postal, the windows firewall does not do sh!t. get any other, and it will be better than MS's... and you say they cant block hackers? the heck they can! or why is there a such thing as a firewall if it does not block hackers??