usually i do a pretty good job of taking care of my pc i defrag use system mechanic 5 pro i scan for viruses with norton i think 2004 and i use the newest versions of adaware but lately i been getting lazy and i think i may have come across some bad stuff i get lots of errors when i try to use IE but firefox is fine i get a ton of pop ups with IE and i cant get rid of them unless i end proc tree with task manager they keep coming back if i end the proc i have to end the proc tree anyways i can live with IE not working but i also get errors a lot when using programs such as Skype i jus feel like my pc is not at its best an im sure i have a virus or maybe a few because norton said i did however it says it cant remove it thats whats so frustrating norton is no good to me i dont need to pay for a program to tell me i have a virus i need it to remove it so my question is whats the best antivirus to use and also whats a good firewall??? thanks ahead of the time sorry bout the long post i talk a lot