I never was an AVG fan but that story from The Register has really turned the tables. I did Independent Virus/Malware testing on new variants for over 8 years so I know allot about AV companies & their respective products. Many of the big AV companies used Independents for years to take some of the load off until they grew big enough to hire the xtra staff. AVG up until about 3 years ago was absolute Garbage, even tho many users Raved about it, but the thing with AV is...if your App doesn't catch it..how do you know you're infected, right? So many AVG users went blissfully along thinking they were super OK when in fact they were high risk as AVG failed test after test at the top unsponsored AV Testing Labs. They recently made a HUGE effort to turn that around and seemingly had done so as they now pass these tests regularly and their scanning engine throughputs have increased dramatically , but this new problem will surely throw a wrinkle into things. Personally, I wouldn't use anything but Eset NOD32 (not Esest Smart Security, the Firewall is low grade at the moment), and the Comodo Firewall Pro is free and one of the Highest ranked firewalls for a Windows based product to date, the top 2 are not free. Matousec Firewall Tests for those interested in seeing where theirs stands. Matousec runs the most comprehensive (and toughest) testing suite around.