well i honestly use neither firewall or anti virus programs now.. i never had a virus as i dont download file i dont know nor get them from suspicious looking sites
well i havent done C++ for a long while..but i suggest looking in google for Visual C++ addons http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...le+Search&meta= should bring tons of related results
well i use Visual C++ a lot and yes it is rather experence.. DevC++ is defintely the best option.. its very good.. better than visual C++ in many ways too