As of now i am on Windows Xp Pro and im using Sygate personal firewall, AVG, and Antispyware for all of my protection needs. I am switching to Windows vista Ultimate 64bit as soon as my order arrives from new egg and i am curious:
1) Does vista ultimate 64 already have a firewall with it? If so, is it as configurable as sygate is? If it is not, does sygate personal work with vista 64? Or, is there a better free firewall to use with vista 64 (no trial versions or paid versions just plain old free)?
2) Does Vista ultimate 64 already have a antivirus software with it? If so is it as configurable as avg is? If it does not, then will avg work with vista ultimate 64? Or, is there a better free antivirus software to use with vista ultimate 64 (no trial versions or paid versions just plain old free)?
3) Does Vista ultimate 64 already have a antispyware software with it? If so is it as configurable as antispyware is? If it does not, then will antispyware work with vista ultimate 64? Or, is there a better free antispyware software to use with vista ultimate 64 (no trial versions or paid versions just plain old free)?
4) Is firefox with the addons; adblock and no script, still the preferred web browser when using vista ultimate 64, or is the default internet explorer better in terms of security and antimalware/spyware prevention?
I have been up to date and running sygate, avg, and antispyware along with firefox for many years now and they have always kept me virus / spyware / malware free, so i am just wanting to ensure my new experiences with vista reamains the same.
Thanks in advance, for anyone who can help out with these questions.