Hmmm. Jon, maybe my tinkering PLUS the firewall is what keep me covered. I bought the full version of the Sygate firewall, but it really slowed down my connection and didn't provide much more protection -- especially since I don't leave my computer on. (If I did, I'd have a hardware firewall, too.) So I run the same Sygate Personal firewall with good success.

SRS, does Norton's ad blocker allow you to configure it? My program allows me to add whole domains or partial domains or specific ads to the block list.