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Can anyone suggest a user friendly firewall.

I am using Windows XP. I believe this has a built in firewall. Trouble is it does not come into play for about 20-30 secs after I log on. I also have AVG8.5 installed. Ohh, I think there is some sort of firewall installed on my router.
Trouble is I kept getting full page adverts cropping up on my screen and computer ran very slow. I also kept getting a Trojan horse NaviPro, even after I had done a scan with AVG and removed the trojan, it kept coming back. I think I have now got rid of these by following the recomendations of "rigel". Thank you for the excellent directions.
How can i make sure I keep clear of Malware,Viruses,Adware and any other computer nasties. I used to have Comodo firewall but that kept popping messages on my screen everytime I pressed a key, or so it seemed. Hence asking for "user friendly firewall".
All recomendations greatfully recieved.
Ian.

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Comodo is a powerful firewall. It is recommended.You can configure it to not popup messages in the following manner :

1. Install Comodo firewall without any proactive defense (only firewall) OR disable Proactive Defense after installation(right click on comodo tray icon , choose Defense+ Security Level and set to Disabled.2. Right click on comodo tray icon and set Firewall Security Level to SafeBy doing this, you wont have popups but security of system will be decreased.

As you will not want to install a second Antivirus.. be sure to UN check Comodo AV during setup.

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I am trying to download Comodo Firewall. I unchecked the AV box, but it is now doing something I dont think it should be doing. There is a rectangular box in middle of screen Entitled.

Applying updates.
Please wait while the virus signatures are updated....
This might take a few minutes.
Updating BASE_UPD_END_USER_v1211.cav...

Then there is a level indicator that shows full and a cancel button.
This has been running for about 30 minutes. If I put the cursor over the cancel button it shows the egg timer. I tried switching computer off last time to stop it.But I couldn't get back online again until I restored system.