That's fine but one thing I won't tolerate are programs that install what they want regardless of what I indicate during a custom install. I think 80% or more of free av programs I've tried, if you tell it not to install real-time "shield" or whatever mumbo jumbo they call that in memory thing that interferes with your PCs operation, they do anyway. I'd rather control the software than the other way around. For 32 bit systems I find Sandboxie a superior approach to all that av crap. For 64 bit, unfortunately MS put the whammy on Sandboxie, so one has to rely on backups. I'd still rather do that then live according to the edicts of what software some false-positive scanner likes.
The av program IS the virus in most cases. Just try to get the crap off that comes preinstalled on most machines to see what I mean.
Did you enable the "Whitelist" and "Noscript"? If so, you need to check and see if Hotmail is in the list, or re-add Hotmail to the Whitelist if need be.
Source:
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache...k+warning+in+hotmai?&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows
JavaScript, Java and Flash and other plugins to be executed only by
trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides
the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser.
What websites are in the default whitelist and why?
A: If you're a security-minded user, you probably want to build your own customized whitelist suiting your needs and keep it as short as you can
Therefore, when you install
NoScript for the first time, you've got a
very short default whitelist of sites you can
trust:
- chrome:
It's the only "permanent" one. It can't be removed because it is the privileged pseudo-protocol used by Firefox internal scripts: disabling it would prevent the browser itself from working.
- about:xyz
A bunch of about: internal pseudo URLs. You'd better keep them there because they help your browser working as expected.
- addons.mozilla.org
It's the add-ons Mozilla website. You probably installed NoScript and any other extension you've got from there. You trust these guys, don't you?
- noscript.net, flashgot.net, informaction.com, maone.net
My own websites. You just installed a software of mine on your system, running with the privileges of your web browser. If you don't trust me, you've got a much bigger problem than JavaScript on my websites 
Notice that I intentionally left out hackademix.net, because it contains user-generated content (blog comments) and it could occasionally host security-related proof of concepts for didactic purposes, which you may want to allow explicitly.
- gmail.com and google.com (GMail)
- hotmail.com, live.com, microsoft.com, msn.com, passport.com, passport.net, passportimages.net (Microsoft webmail services)
- yahoo.com, yimg.com (Yahoo! Mail)
All these sites have been added to enable JavaScript on the most popular AJAX-based webmail services "out of the box". This way, even if an user installed NoScript without understanding what she was doing, and she's got no idea about how NoScript works, she can still cry for help by email using the shiny user interface she's accustomed to 
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Antivirus and "real time" protection
You do realize what a "real time shield" is right?
It is the enabling of the antivirus product to backgroud scan internet sites/downloads/and monitor/scan executable files/programs already running on the computer as it occurs- disabling this is tantamount to turning off and running without active antivirus/antimalware- and relying solely on "on demand" scanning to check for current infections- "real Time" scanning is designed to PREVENT system infection and/or warn the User of threats. Most free antivirus programs are designed to be basic antivirus protection targeted at those who are inexperienced Users, who are lacking in the "know how" to configure the antivirus program themselves, and/or unable to buy a more advanced, "smarter" product. Some good free products are Avira, Avast!, AVG, and some are utter Garbage (like Sophos, F-Secure, escan, Malwarebytes, VBA 32, Vipre, TrendMicro, etc.,) that offer subpar protection levels.
Anyone who runs without antivirus/antimalware (or thinks disabling "real time" scanners) is a good idea should probably install a 3-star certified Antimalware product, and let it configure itself- or just run without Antivirus/antimalware, and cross their fingers and "hope" that they will manage to avoid all malware/viruses (and perform daily data backups), run an online scanner/cleaner for for full battery of threats/undesirable programs (at
least once a week or so), at sites like the NOD32 online scanner linked above. ( for more online scanners see:
http://www.vistax64.com/system-security/162362-antivirus-scanners-internet-security-tools.html)
The best "3 STAR" programs on the market right right now are:
*Eset
NOD32 4.0
*
Avira Premium/Pro
Kaspersky
Norton 2009
GDATA
TRUSTPORT
MCAFEE (WITH ARTEMIS)
AVG
*Best Antivirus Products (
Certification by AV-Comparatives/Virus Bulletin VB100)
