what are some good free virus protection programs? I use spybotSearch & Destroy + AdAware but I don't think that's enough and I'm pretty naive in this area. What else should I use?
You should pirate a decent AV. I don't see any point in having a low-grade freeware AV. If one virus can get through, what's the point of stopping the rest? Check out 9Down and nSane Productions.