And please, no smart remarks,or saying you should have bought such and such. I went on the recomendation of a ARFcommer that works in IT. I trust his judgment.
I got an Asus K550L I think its called. It was on Woot for just under $500.
What would you setup on a clean installed.
I need/want virus, spam, adware, etc protection.
Im putting AVG on it right now.

Thanks for any help.
Its Windows 8 if it matters. Which I have to learn how to use!!

I scan with MalwareBytes, and ClamWin.



Nothing that runs all the time.



In Firefox (or Waterfox) I use Ghostery, Adblock Plus and Flashblock.



The rest of the Antivirus is me.

You might like Start Menu 8.

http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php

I prefer Avast over AVG, but AVG has been pretty good.

I usually install Malware Bytes Anti Malware too.

Did it come with Office?

You install a new browser with adblocking? Or add AdBlock Plus to your current one.

it did not come with office, that I know of
It keeps telling me to activate windows I need to buy a 119 key.
Guess I got the barebones model!!
I installed and use Chrome so all my stuff is linked to my phone as well.
It came with adblock

installed malwarbytes thanks man

eset for the antivirus.  Very low profile compared to most of the others.