Marcos, thanks for the swift attention. Kudos on your customer service. I'm relying on Windows 7 mono-directional firewall and wondering in that's leaving me susceptible to malicious software. In addition to 64 bit OS Win7, I run Malwarebytes Premium and NOD32 24/7 and HitmanPro electively. The computer, i7 CPU, 950 @ 3.07GHz w/ 12GB Corsair, it was built in January 2010 and was pretty snappy 4 1/2 years ago.
SweX, likewise, thanks for your attention. If I understand you, it's time to upgrade to v7. Yes? Given the firewall issue, do you think I'm OK, or is it time to protect my outgoing data w/ SMART SECURITY or compatible firewall?
Oh, for anyone, I use my ISP's SMPT & POP mail-server (T.W. RoadRunner) via MS Outlook. Compared to a webmail acct, say Gmail via my browser (Firefox Thunderbird), which is more secure? I've never gotten a clear answer to that question.