Sorry Spaw, never had an interest in firewalls before, so, havn't checked out those threads. What is on my pc that might benefit from a firewall? All personal information. This stuff can be stolen and used to steal ones identity. I'm very careful what I post, but, for instance, my home address is on a couple of sites. I got a virus about a year ago, and it raised old kadady with me. Cost me a bunch of scratch to nix it. Know what I'm saying? I get a heap of e mails that I just dont open because I dont know the sender. How about if I just update my virus scan?