Virus / Firewall Program?

OK, i used to have Norton Internet Security program and i just got rid of it. I am using the Windows XP built in Firewall and i downloaded a free Antivirus program (Grisoft's AVG). Are they good enough? how good is the Windows XP Firewall program? Thanks

Virus / Firewall Program?moto guzzi

The choice of downloading AVG is good.But bit skeptic about the kind of protection offered by windows integrated firewall(until %26 unless you downloaded all the latest %26 most recent security updates related to the operating system(windows)).

Would recommend to use Comodo Firewall pro which is rated very high...........

Virus / Firewall Program?norton internet security 2008

you can't rely on the windows firewall... you need to download something.. which is the one you've just mentioned AVG... its a freeware so you can download it...
xp firewall only checks stuff incoming, but nothing outgoing(like a trojan sending out spam from your pc) it sort of half works!
AVG Free Anti-Virus is crap!

Mostly noobs, the naive, the computer illiterate, and children use AVG Free. People of their ilk love AVG because they say it is easy to use and almost never bothers them with any pop-ups or warnings. Of course AVG Free never bothers them, it hardly ever finds any virus to warn them about!