computer savvy people in here please

[~chipsahoy~]

http://ninite.com/ looks interesting, but I don't see how up-to-date it actually is, unless they pull the setups from the manufacturers.

They update on a normal basis (as you can tell by the up-to-date versions), and if I'm not mistaken, the links pull directly from the developers site.

[RoboLuke]

Avira - http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
Adaware - http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Disable windows defender (if applicable)

Use Chrome or Firefox.