We are going to check out Zone Alarm to start. ( we had this on our old unit) Our new DSL AT&T recommends it, and links to it for download, we just discovered. (we have the slower DSL for now).

That stickey, Southern Lady is really great! Thanks for making it for us.

Our DSL router came yesterday, and that has to be set up for the upstairs. We are staying off the wireless networks until we understand them better.
So Zone Alarm is going on the laptop this weekend.

My husband visited the AT & T website, and there are scads of free AT & T
WiFi hubs...just plug in your zip code... All McDonald's, and some Barnes/Nobles,coffee shops, etc. So here in the densely compacted city...we will have many choices. At my home here there are only two, so far. One secured and one open. The county free service should be up soon, it is covering 6 cities here as an experiment.

Thanks all!