Steve,

I had read some reviews that people had problems with Avast 4 Home and using Win XP. Just looking for a little info, if you could help.

I originally had some problems, see http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=1477. But the people at this forum and the Alwil team were able to solve it and Alwil put out a fix. Since then, Avast 4 has been running without any problems for me. ;D

Or if you have any suggestions on firewalls and AV's.

I am running eTrust EZ Firewall 3.7.211 which is the same as Zone Alarm 3.7 pro but eTrust and Microsoft is allowing users to use it for free for 1 year. :smiley: It works fine for me and passes most of the important tests. I have tried Outpost 1.0 Free, Sygate 5.1 Free, and Kerio 4.0.8 which is full of bugs presently, see http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=1733. So far eTrust EZ Firewall 3.7.211 works the best on my computer. :wink: