Try Zone Alarm, make sure you have it configured properly, or rather when it
pops up notices about programs, give them access. ICS works well with it.
AND YES you need a firewall, spyware removal tools, and a "washer" program
to remove all those nasty "tracks".
> have four comp on small network=was told I needed a firewall==all the free
> ones make me lose internet access on all but my gateway comp==is there a free
> firewall that I can use with ics?