Great place to find answers, read it every day.

I run a Dell Dimension 8400, Windows XP with all the latest UPDATES, and i
run Norton Internet Security 2008 version, with all updates turned on automatically.

I SEE a lot in the forums about MALWARE and different things to download, and just
wondered do i need malware protection or is Norton doing this as well.

From what i read about malware it seems as if Norton protects me, but i'm a novice and very curious.

Thanks in ADVANCE for any answers, not a hot priority, not having any problems jsut trying to learn about these things. I have both a antivirus and adware/malware program. I think to fully protect you, you have to have both...And I had norton before and didn't like it at all. SLOWS down the computer alot...I have norton and spy sweeper

AVG-http://free.grisoft.com/

Avast-http://www.avast.com/

and for firewall

Comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/#



I would say keep norton if you want to feel safe but those 3 working together might do good Also I use the almighty
Firefox ---> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Its faster, safer and very customizable you can choose from tons of add ons and skins....
Internet explorer can be filled with viruses
You should never have more than anti-virus program running at the same time.

Having more than one installed and running can create conflicts that at worst will leave your Windows installation unbootable.
Thanks for all the info, really a great forum.