I know that you can't have two things of anti-virus on the computer....right?

Does this apply to firewalls? I believe that I once heard that it does.

Here is why I am asking.

I turned my computer on this morning, and on the right bottom, a little balloon thing popped up and indicated that:

YOUR UPDATES ARE NOT TURNED ON. CLICK ON THIS BALLOON TO CORRECT THIS.

so I clicked to see what this was all about and

WINDOWS SECURITY CENTER POPPED UP RIGHT UP ON MY SCREEN.

It indicated that

FIREWALL WAS ON

UPDATES WAS OFF!!

Now I have Verizon Internet Secrurity Suite with firewalls, and all the bells and whistles. including firewalls.

So is the fact that my Windows Firewall is turned ON, well is that BAD??

Should I turn it off?

And should I turn the updates ON??

I know you need to get the windows updates.

I sense that Alan has been playing doctor again on MY computer.

So someone ...please just let me know if I should have the firewall thing ON or if I should turn it off?

thanks much

Melody

P.S. And this might sound stupid, but how do I know that is is ACTUALLY THE WINDOWS SECURITY CENTER, and not some rogue spyware thing making me think it's windows security center????