A bit like having sex, when it comes to using the internet I know that I need adequate protection however the difference betwwen sex and internet protection is that I understand how potection in sex works whereas with internmet protection I'm totally lost.

I used to have a number of different providers, one for a firewall, the other for virus protection and a seperate provider for anti spyware however a couple of year ago a trojan virus got through and my whole system had to be wiped and re-loaded and then I decidd to switch to one provider ZoneAlarms.

It was easy to download the product from their website and the last two renewals have been hassle free as well, now I have firewall, anti virus and spyware software running all the time, the programme also filters for spam and viruses all incoming e-mails and blocks attempts to access my system.

I do find that it runs updates almost everytime my PC is switched on and this does make it run slower and then every so often it scans for spyware and usually cleans out quite a few bits that I pick up while surfing the net.

What I do like is that I can set the level of protection that I want on it although to be honest I tend to just follow the manufacturers recommendations however this would be useful to those a bit more technical minded than myself.

When any major updates are uploaded it does work slowly for the first few days as it gets used to the way you operate and you do get lots of alerts however these can be switched off easily enough as they are a bit annoying.

I have only needed help once and that was when an IE update caused a problem with it and the internet site and helpline solved the problem really quickly and allowed me to get my system bak up and running really quickly.

Overall I find is easy to work with for a total ignoranous like myself and from memory it was aout $38 to renew last year but I may be a little out on that price. You can getfree versions of this suite but they are not as effective and do not get the updates.