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Hi ebony. I wouldn't bother having two real-time AVs going at the same time. Stick with Avast (or Avira or Clamwin – whatever you are happy with) and have another as an as-needed secondary scanner – such as Malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Next, I would suggest installing a browser virtualisation program like Sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/

I also use the anti-keylogger KeyScrambler (the free personal version): http://www.qfxsoftware.com/

I am sure that dotTechies will have plenty of more valuable suggestions for you – and more than likely more comprehensive and knowledgeable than mine!

Your next question was about the capturing only text. I'm not sure if you mean screen capture from web pages or just generally. If you mean the former, then Firefox has some add-ons you might want to check out. I haven't used them personally, but I did a quick check and they might be worth checking out:

Save Text Area: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1046

Copy Link Text: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4750

Or (and this is a bit different): TidyRead: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11653

Textarea Cache: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5761

Text2Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6003

Right-Click-Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1472

I'm not sure if any of these are what you're looking for, but if not, post again and I can have another look.

The one Firefox add-on that I use almost every day is Copy Plain Text (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/134). It isn't what you're after, but it is so worth installing if you copy and paste from web pages.

I hope this helps.