I just thought I would share this Australian made PC Firewall with you all.

http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.html

See here for the Firewall ratings and test results > http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php

You could also try this one 'Comodo'> http://filehippo.com/download_comodo/

Yes it's free ! And for anti-virus , I suggest this company 'Avast anti-virus'> http://filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/

You can merge the Avast tray icons by right clicking on one of them and selecting 'merge' , that way it looks neater.
Also to customize a few things like 'email scanning notification' you right click the Avast tray icon , and select 'On access protection control'

Avast is a solid product , you don't need to fork out dollars every year for anti-virus protection.