NJH905, welcome! Thank you for becoming a member, and thank you for starting out with a poll garnering so many responses.


The (2) choices from the poll I've not tried (yet), though I have heard many positive comments about Webroot, and also read about it here on MT.

As it is one of the few AVs that's been said to be able to be used together with another realtime protection, I've fascinated over this and would someday like to try it.
Panda conjures such a cute image; and yes, I am as vulnerable to 'cute' images as the next member.

For this reason I'll keep reading, and look out upon the Free Giveaway horizon for both your considerations.
Of the two, I'd probably choose Webroot.
My opinion: Rather than a suite (AV + Firewall) choose an AV to use with Windows Firewall instead. This will be better discussed when you post a configuration thread here:
http://malwaretips.com/forums/security-configuration-wizard.12/
Another option would be to test drive the afore mentioned recommendations of your choice, offered up amongst members' responses. There is no clear guarantee what works smoothly for someone, even with the same operating system as yours, will perform equally well on yours, but it is a good place to start.
