keep computer safe while online

[carlo_scute]

good day,
what programs should be running in the background while i'm online to keep my computer safe?aside from an anti virus of course,thanks!

 

[Cheeseball81]

Free spyware tools:

Ad-Aware SE: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html

SpyBot S&D: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html

Micro$oft Anti Spyware BETA:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
(For Windows 2000 and XP only)

Spyware Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Free firewalls:

Zone Alarm: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?lid=dbtopnav_zass

Sygate: http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

How to tighten your computer's security:
http://forums.techguy.org/t208517.html