Just bought a new laptop

[CZowner07]

I just bought this laptop http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/271242/HP-Pavilion-dv4-2164us-141-Widescreen/. What are the updates I should get and what is the best anti-virus and anti-spy/mulware?
These are the specs on it.

processor brand Intel
processor model Core i3
diagonal screen size 14.1 inches
memory 4 GB
hard drive capacity 320 GB
screen resolution 1280 x 800
weight 5.2 lb
optical drive DVD±RW/DVD-RAM/DVD±R Double Layer
operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
processor speed 2.13 GHz
memory type DDR3 SDRAM
maximum memory capacity 8 GB
wireless connectivity 802.11b/g/Draft-N
network connectivity 10/100 Ethernet
modem no modem
webcam with microphone yes
numeric keypad no
ports 2 USB 2.0; 1 eSATA/USB 2.0; 1 HDMI; 1 Ethernet; 1 VGA 15-pin D-sub; 1 notebook expansion port 3
memory card reader yes
video graphics Intel HD Graphics with up to 1696MB shared memory
integrated speakers yes
audio hardware Altec Lansing
Energy Star qualified yes

 

[themcfarland]

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?tag=contentMain;contentAux

 

[zero_one]

i just use the free AVG, never gotten anything, no virus, no serious spyware or malware.


http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

 

[dashzero]

For antivirus use AVG. For malware use http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

On a side note, you could Hackintosh your laptop