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[Japo]

You can have Flash installed and still blocked by default when browsing, so you can allow it for your favourite flash games website, YouTube, etc. That's what I do. Not only it's safer --although the security threat posed by flash must be, if any, way less severe than the one posed by javascript (potentially)--, but all those bulky flash ads don't load and so the pages load faster and cleaner.

I also uninstalled Java since I'm still to find any use for the damn thing, but the same can be done --block by default, allow for trusted sites.

The security threat posed by cookies is moderate at worst but the sheer amount of them you get by simply surfing the web is enough argument to block them by default, and allow them only in sites where you have to log in --webmail, forums, etc. All cookies are useful for the website you're visiting, most in an innocent way, some in a harmful way. But only a tiny fraction of them are useful to oneself. That every website on Earth wants to write on your hard disc, some of them without evil intent, is no reason to let all of them do so.

[Quintopotere]

I have no more internet connection at home, so my PC is perfectly safe! :bleh:
In the past I was used to use ZoneAlarm free firewall, AVG antivirus, and a couple of anti-spy-mal-ware and registry cleaner... and was working very well!

EDIT: Oh, and the most important is NOT using Internet Explorer!

[Ghost]

AVG for virus
Ad-Aware and Spybot for spyware scanner
Kerio Personal Firewall for firewall
Staying away from porn-, warez- and cracksites to keep the work for the above three to a minimum.

[GTX2GvO]

Avast Antivirus Home Edition. (Free)
Comodo FireWlll Pro (Free)
SpywareGuard (Free. Right?)
Ad-Aware SE Professional (found it "somewhere" )

Using FireFox instead of IE7 (slow piece of .... ).

Do I look a bit paranoid here.
Or just a bit insame? :w00t: