Important PC programs. Convenient work with files. Antiviruses: list and brief description

Let me introduce a list that includes the most popular programs for Windows 10 for your computer that will help optimize the work with this operating system.

Thanks to these free apps, your life will be even more interesting.

Strong and effective antivirus that helps optimize performance. Able to withstand all the latest viruses. Combined high technology for scanning and finding viruses.

To enhance security and performance, it has 2 anti-virus kernels and three protective levels that guarantee complete, and most importantly, real-time protection of the computer.

Emsisoft Internet Security tirelessly monitors active programs, their behavior, as well as the presence of a variety of malicious elements and viruses. The firewall will provide protection against hacker and online attacks on your computer.

Another positive point is the lack of annoying updates.

In more detail you can get acquainted with the work of this antivirus by watching the following video

Overview of Emsisoft Internet Security 11

The most popular and most common file manager. In it you can find all the necessary functions, thanks to which this program has been taking the leading position for several years.

It provides all the functional elements for viewing a variety of graphic files, archive unpackers, the option of downloading multiple streams of information.

The functions of encoding / decoding, cutting and gluing large files are useful. There are elements for setting up and controlling the work processes of the system and archivers.

AIDA64

A free program for windows 10 gives comprehensive information about all the components of your PC: operating system, connected devices, programs and network. AIDA64 is one of the best programs to optimize windows 10.

Includes a huge set of test checks on the stability and performance of your computer. AIDA64 Extreme Edition easily supports over one hundred and forty diverse devices.

Thanks to the sensors, it controls the temperature, rotation speed and tension of the cooling fans. Using detailed analysis, you can monitor the operation of the processor, monitor, motherboard, etc.

If you have any questions, this video will help you find the answers.

AIDA64

AIDA64 - installation, getting started (video tutorial)

PROMT Professional 11

The best free translator currently developed for today. An indispensable assistant when working with foreign languages. It guarantees high-quality translation of any text.

Modern PROMT technologies and constantly updated vocabulary base will provide you easy operation and high-quality result. Just install it on your computer and use it regardless of extraneous factors.

For convenience, we provide you with a video

PROMT Professional 9 + dictionary + activation key

TOP 10 free programs for Windows 10

Glary Utilities 5

A set of programs for cleaning the PC system from all kinds of debris: deleted files, irrelevant system registries, Internet usage history.

With it, you can adjust the operation of your browser, find and delete duplicates of unnecessary elements.

In addition, the program gives easy access to disk defragmentation, system scan and recovery, archives information. The development has received many world-class awards.

Watch the video and see the usefulness of this program

Serving your PC with Glary Utilities

In this video tutorial we will review the excellent program (utility) Glary Utilities.

Adobe Flash Player

Necessarily present plug-in on each computer. With it, you can play games online, watch high-quality video, create web applications and presentations.

As a rule, this program is one of the first to be installed after installing Windows. Based on this player, a lot of videos and other content are built on various sites.

Widely used for developing entertainment and advertising on the Internet.

Interesting!   By installing this program, you can get rid of problems with Skype. Some of the functions of this communication tool are related to the player.

To install Adobe, watch the video

How to install Adobe Flash Player on any computer

Video tutorial on how to properly install Adobe Flash Player on your computer.

STANDARD Codecs

A set of video and audio codecs from the creators of Shark007. It is installed in the Windows 10 operating system to optimize its operation. Includes new versions of codecs, ensuring the production of any videos on the Internet.

If the need arises, you can easily change the installed components. Excellent support for streaming information in all browsers. This program does not have the ability to play audio files.

Required software for windows 10 - 7

Hello Readers of my blog! In this article I will tell you about the most necessary programs for windows 10 - 7. As you probably remember, Windows is not ready to work after installation. In principle, not only Windows 7, but any 8 8.1 xp immediately after installation is not ready to work. Even after installing the drivers and security settings on board your computer, there are practically no useful and necessary programs. In a set of windows there are only a few useful programs for the user.

These are a few toys, the simplest Notepad text editor, the advanced WordPad text editor, a calculator, an Internet browser (IE-Internet Explorer), a media player, a Paint program for processing simple graphics, programs for servicing PCs and OSs. That's actually all that our favorite OS is rich in. With Windows 10, things are a little better. Microsoft has moved much further. And it included Skype and a student office kit. By the way, installed IE and the media player are not ready to work either. IE is partially unprepared because it can only view text pages and pictures. And the media player is not ready at all, because he needs codecs to play music and video. Therefore, it is time to install the necessary programs for windows. The programs that we will consider in this article, I think, should be installed on almost every computer running Windows 7 - 10. So let's get started.

The most necessary programs for windows 10 - 7

Archivers

1. The very first thing that we must establish is the ARCHIVERS. On the Internet, all programs are compressed or packaged by some kind of archiver. This allows you to spend less disk space for storing information on servers and transfer packets faster through the Internet. Each PC must have at least one archiver, and preferably two. The first Winrar   - It works very quickly and supports the ability to unzip a large number of various popular archives. And the most important is its own, very specific, highly protected Rar format. The passwords set by this archiver could not be decrypted by anyone else.

Second archiver 7-zip. Perhaps this archiver is even more necessary than the first. You will need it to unpack the archives of the new, rapidly gaining popularity, format 7z. The archiver is very fast, while providing a high compression ratio. Most of the archives on the Internet that you have to download are just in zip, rar and 7z formats.

If you work with the site and you need to create archives of the GZIP format, then the 7-zip archiver will provide compression 2-10% better than any other archiver.

These two archivers will help you solve almost any task of archiving / unzipping software packages received from the Internet.

Codecs

2. The second most important will probably be the installation of codecs for playing audio and video files of various formats, without which more than one audio / video player does not work. Of all the great many different collections, perhaps the best, most stable and universally recognized is K-Lite Codec Pack. According to the developers, their brainchild supports about 400 audio / video formats. In addition, this package is absolutely free and contains a small but very high-quality player. Therefore, it’s a sin not to use it. Highly recommend. After installing this codec pack, all your audio / video players will play almost all media file formats.

Adobe Flash Player

3. The next important step is to install Adobe Flash Player. This program is necessary for playing media files in browsers (Internet browsers) such as IE, Mozilla Firefox, Opera. In Google Chrome and Yandex browser it is already built-in.

Browsers

4. Equally important will be the installation of a whole set of browsers. I recommend installing all the popular ones, this Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Yandex. Why so many? Could cost IE (Internet Explorer from Microsoft)? No can not do! Any of the proposed browsers is much better than IE. Firstly, they are all faster, more stable, make it easy to manage add-ons. Why is it necessary to install everything? The fact is that they are all different and have different useful functions that IE does not have. Secondly, in the event of an unexpected failure of one browser, you always have another at hand.

Google chrome   Integrated with Google Translate. When loading foreign pages, it can automatically translate them into Russian. Translation is often sufficient to understand the content of the pages. Google Chrome can upload many files at once.

Mozilla firefox just do not replace for those who create and debug sites. It has a huge number of different useful additions that other browsers do not have.

Opera   One of the fastest browsers in the world. This is especially noticeable on slow Internet channels, when it uses a lot of threading to download pages and files, and additional compression of information on its server using special algorithms.

Yandex browserdevelopment from Yandex. Very similar to Google Chrome and compatible with its add-ons. It has some limitations. The latest versions of this browser are very fast. Overall a good browser.

There is a great add-on for all of these browsers. Neiron search tools   - this extension provides the ability to simultaneously search for information on the Internet through Google and Yandex, and a joint convenient output of search results. Searching with this application is becoming much more efficient. Highly recommend for use.

File download managers

5. Fast, convenient and reliable uploading of files of any size from the Internet will be provided by the download manager Download master. The program is free, Russian, practically in no way inferior to paid foreign analogues. Provides multi-channel, fast download, can download files after disconnecting or disconnecting the power supply.

SaveFrom.net   application for all popular browsers. Allows you to upload videos from more than 20 Internet resources. Very useful app.

Google Chrome has created many obstacles to the operation of this application. Now SaveFrom.net is not well installed on Google Chrome, but it works great from the Internet. Use on health. On other browsers, no problems were detected.

If you only need YouTube to upload videos, then there is a program for such a thing UmmyVideoDownloader. UmmyVideoDownloader is specially designed for downloading videos from YouTube. Very comfortable and quality thing.

Programs for audio / video communication

6. To communicate on the Internet you need at least Skype. There are a lot of programs for text, audio, video communication, but most use Skype and it has features that other programs do not have. So we install skype necessarily. Surely you will need it.

Text Editors and Processors

7. A little functional text editor from the Windows package is replaced with a more functional Akelpad   or even more advanced Notepad ++ (HIGHLY RECOMMEND). Notepad ++ allows you to work with a large number of documents at the same time. It remembers the situation when turned off and the next time it is turned on, it restores it automatically. Allows you to click on the links directly from the edited text. For programmers, it’s just not replaceable, as it recognizes the code of more than 20 programming languages \u200b\u200band helps to check for errors. Detects errors in words and emphasizes them. The presence of such an editor on every PC is simply necessary.

8. To create documents of different formats and automated tables, an advanced text and table processor like Win word   and Win excel   from the Microsoft Office suite. The MS OFFICE package contains many more useful programs. For example, an email client, presentation manager, slide show ... On the Internet you can find advanced packages with many additions.

File managers

9. Convenience in working with files you provide a file manager Total commander. It has great functionality. The menu of the vehicle itself, the menu of necessary or frequently used programs, two independent windows. In each window you can open an unlimited number of tabs, there is your own FTP manager, archiver, file viewer, media player .... In general, EVERYTHING is at hand! Extremely convenient and useful program. Highly recommend to everyone!

Programs for viewing PDF files

10. Foxit phantom   Required to read PDF documents. The program is 10 times smaller than the analogue of Adobe Acrobat, much faster and in addition allows you to edit PDF documents. I recommend. The program itself is paid, but it can be found for free on the Zver-DVD disc image. If you do not need editing functions and do not want to upload a huge image, then you can use a free analog Foxit reader   or PDF Reader. There are a lot of programs of this class, but I think that will be enough.

Programs for deleting locked files

11. Unlocker   helps to unlock and delete locked files and folders that cannot be deleted in other ways. A couple more programs of this class that support the Russian language: Lockhunter, IObit Unlocker. If you often see the messages “Uninstallation is impossible”, “Access denied”, “Used by another application”, “You do not have enough rights” and the like, when trying to delete, these programs will definitely help you.

Programs for downloading files from torrent servers

12. Utorrent - A reliable, fast manager for downloading files from torrent servers. A very convenient and reliable program for downloading music, movies, disk images .... The second program Mediaget   quite new, but has about the same functionality. Both programs are free.

Image viewers

13. FastStone Image Viewer   - An excellent, free, small, fast, easy program for viewing images, it has the ability to edit the image file, overlay labels on the image, optimizes the image code ... Highly recommend!

Quickly find files on your computer

14. Everything   designed to search for files on your computer. Incredibly fast. Gives search results when you click each letter, as a hint when searching on the Internet. Highlights the found combination of letters in the names of files and folders. Displays file location paths. Very fast and convenient program. Free

The necessary programs for windows described above in my opinion are the most important and necessary, and are able to provide the requests of a variety of users. I believe that these programs, or in extreme cases similar, should be present on every computer.

Less important programs

Screen capture software

15. Faststone capture   - takes screenshots from the monitor screen and captures video. Can write system sound or from a microphone. The program is very small, fast. It has many useful little things. There are quite a lot of programs capable of qualitatively performing the operation of capturing video from the monitor screen: Bandicam, HyperCam, ScreenCamera, Techsmith Snagit, UVScreen Camera, VirtualDub. All of them have fairly similar functionality.

Programs of this class are all paid. Some of them have demos - shareware, heavily trimmed with poor functionality, sometimes with captions on the screen that make it difficult to view the video.

The most important leader in this field is highly professional Camtasia studio. It allows not only to capture the image from the screen, but also to mount the captured clips using various effects.

Text recognition software

16. If you have a scanner or documents already scanned, or images with text, then you will need a text recognition program to convert them to text format. Best of its kind ABBYY FineReader.

Auto Keyboard Switches

17. Those who write a lot of texts using the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic alphabet will be an excellent assistant Punto switcher, which automatically switches the keyboard layout depending on the printed words and corrects persistent errors. The program is absolutely free, developed by programmers at the Yandex lab.

Audio and video players

18. Music and video lovers will need a player Winamp, which has quite rare codecs with its package and is able to play recordings from video recorders and surveillance cameras, and also allows you to include several copies of the program at the same time, create play lists, adjust the sound tone and much more .... Free.

There are a lot of players: Daum PotPlayer, AIMP, BSPlayer, GOM Media Player, KMPlayer, iTunes, ComboPlayer, Ace Stream Media, VLC Media Player, 1by1, Media Player Classic Home Cinema, Light Alloy, TV Player Classic, QuickTime Alternative. They have the most different functionality. Any user can satisfy all their needs.

Windows Cleaners / Accelerators / Optimizers

19. Cleaner   Useful for quick and easy cleaning of the system from temporary files, from unnecessary entries in the registry, etc ... The program does not have the greatest functionality, but the required minimum performs perfectly. Free There are a great many similar and more powerful programs: Carambis Cleaner, AVG TuneUp, Wise Care 365, Advanced SystemCare, Glary Utilities, Auslogics BoostSpeed, Kerish Doctor, Advanced System Optimizer, System Mechanic, MAGIX PC Check & Tuning. All of them have similar, but still different functionality.

If you are very concerned about the cleanliness and reliability of your Windows, then of course, any one package will not be enough. So, as always in other packages there are functions that you do not have. Even only registry cleaners, everyone checks different parts of the registry and sometimes finds it sooooo ... In general, there is something to choose.

To clean the registry, along with other programs, I recommend using trashreg. This is a very small and specific program. Cleans the registry from abandoned keys that many demonstration programs leave in the system. After such cleaning, you can install the demos again and take advantage of their features.

Recover Deleted Files

20. Power data recovery   - A simple but powerful tool to recover deleted data. Allows you to restore:

1. deleted files and folders;
2. files from a lost / deleted / damaged partition;
3. data from poorly readable CD / DVD;
4. digital multimedia data.

I would say the program is very important, but not everyone needs it, because it is in the second section. Here are a couple of high-quality, free representatives of such programs: Recuva, Pandora Recovery. I must say that there are products of higher functionality, but they are paid: Hetman Partition Recovery, R-Studio, Wondershare Data Recovery.

Graphic editor

21. Adobe PhotoShop   - Unrivaled raster graphics editor. Just a necessary tool for creating, modifying pictures and adjusting photos.   Essential software for windows 10 - 7 - CorelDraw

22. Coreldraw   is the best vector graphics handler. Almost no substitute in this area. The program is not super mandatory, but necessary to create scalable vector images.

Animation Programs

23. Easi Gif Animator   Will be needed when creating animated pictures or videos. It has the entire arsenal of necessary functions for this. Free

Disk Image Tools

24. Ultra ISO   Need for those who create images of CD / DVD discs. Works with standard ISO disc image format. Allows you to create and edit simple and bootable disk images. Uses third-party disc burning software such as Burning rom.

Programs for mounting disk images to a virtual drive

25. Daemon tools lite   allows you to mount an image of a CD / DVD disc on a virtual drive, which makes it possible to see how the image will work on a real drive. The program has a fairly wide functionality: Emulation of IDE drives, Emulation of DT and SCSI drives, Mounting disk images, Creating images of physical disks, Converting and editing images, Burning discs with images, data and music. Allows you to simulate a large number of different disk protection against copying. It allows you to run disk toys not from DVD, but from the hard drive, which makes it possible for them to work much faster. A very useful utility for gamers and those who do not write images to disks, but keep them on a computer. Free

Email managers or clients

26. Email clients are perhaps the most important applications in modern computer life. Most users have several accounts in different mail services. To provide convenient management of all mail flows created mail clients. I will bring about a dozen well-known, and possibly the best of the mass of email clients that are available:

The bet   - A great assistant for those who conduct active Emai correspondence. Allows you to download mail from a huge number of mailboxes and put it in folders. Has a filter designer and much more.

Ms outlook   Included in the Microsoft Office software package. The program is very sophisticated. I would say even too much. But maybe this is useful to someone.

Mailbird   The program is lightweight, undemanding to resources, easy to use and visually attractive.

eM Client   - This email client has all the necessary basic functions.

Inky   Has a trial version that works for free for 14 days. It has quite extensive features.

Claws mail   a fairly complex application designed for experienced users who are not afraid to configure everything manually.

Zimbra desktop   - free open source email client. Zimbra is a cross-platform solution for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Touchmail   - A convenient email client for owners of tablets or laptops-transformers.

Thunderbird   from Mozilla is a unique application. The built-in extension system allows you to increase the functionality of the client with the help of numerous tools created by the Thunderbird community.

Programs for reading DjVu files

27. Djvu   - This is one of the formats of scanned documents. It is used as a rule for the storage and distribution of books, manuscripts, magazines in which there are many images, diagrams, drawings, formulas. And also for storing scans of historical documents when accurate transfer of the shade and texture of the paper is required, the most reliable display of all defects, page bends, marks and corrections made by hand, prints, ink blots, etc.

You can view such files using the following programs: WinDjView, ICE Book Reader Professional, Evince Document Viewer, DjvuReader.

Programs for recording and processing sound

28. There are also quite a lot of such programs, but perhaps the best will be small but powerful Audacity. The program works with a mixer built into the personal computer system, as well as external sound sources. It is designed to record sound files of unlimited size.

Allows already recorded files:

1. clean from interference: hissing, static noise, hum;
2. change the volume;
3. cut into pieces and mount as you like;
4. as well as compress.

The program is used to record and process digital files. As well as digitization of obsolete sound carriers: phonograph records and cassettes. In addition to its own AUP format, it supports a number of popular extensions. In addition to professional functionality, it is also free.

All the necessary programs for windows 7 - 10, which we examined in this article, you mentioned in the article "". However, there is one note. Programs present on the ZverDVD disk - earlier versions are able to be installed on the OS of any capacity. Many programs located on the disk "Zver 2016.3 Windows 8.1 Pro x64" have only a 64-bit version. And accordingly, they will not work on 32-bit OS.

For a "clean" just installed Windows for normal operation, you just need to install many more programs, because without them, as you know, nowhere. Let's try to make a small list of the most necessary programs for the computer, without which, full use of the computer is simply impossible.   Please note that in the article, in the description of any program, there is a link to its working version
   So...

The most necessary and important program is your antivirus protection.It is usually divided into 4 categories: antivirus, firewall, comprehensive protection, and programs for scanning a computer. I prefer comprehensive protection, consisting of antivirus + firewall. At the moment I use one of the free ones - Avast!   I would recommend using only the most proven anti-virus programs: Kaspersky, Norton, ESET (nod32), DrWeb, Avast, Panda, McAfee, etc. are popular. In general, a matter of taste. If you do not want to pick up any Trojan - be sure to put it!

Next, put the archiver. Since most files on the Internet are in archives (.rar .zip .7z), we will definitely need an archiver program. I propose the simultaneous use of two: WinRar and 7Zip.
   Their differences can be described in one line: Winrar   - A beautiful and advanced archiver, but with 7zip it’s free. Well, as a bonus - only an archiver 7zip   opens format archives. 7z

Next on the list we will have disc burning program   (although in recent years I am increasingly beginning to doubt its need ... I use drives every 3 months). Dominates here Nero, the most popular program for burning discs (the fact that it doesn’t bother anyone for a fee). As a free alternative I can advise Imgburn   or shareware Ashampoo burning studio   - smaller functionality, but for its main task - burning discs, more than enough.

Further... we need Office. And most likely - Microsoft Office   (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.). I think you should not paint it - you yourself perfectly know what it is. For lovers of free software I can advise Open office   or better yet Libreoffice   - they are almost as good as the brainchild of Microsoft, and they work with Microsoft formats without problems.

Now we will consider codecs. Why is this thing so necessary? And so that when you watch your favorite movie you, dear readers, do not have any problems. Without them, many video and audio formats simply will not play! The most popular codec pack is K-Lite Codec Pack. By the way, a very good video player, Media Player Classic, is installed with it.

Program for watching videos   Required by any PC user. Even if you have a brand new home theater - very often you have to watch a variety of videos on your computer - from clips to video seminars. They’ll do a great job of this. Kmplayer   and QuickTime Player.

Listening to music- Using the standard Windows Media Player, it’s simply not possible to listen to music, no matter how the developers try ... the 2 most popular players are suitable for this: Winamp   and AIMP.   The second player consumes less resources, and also free. But here it is a matter of taste and habit. For example, I use two.

I will also advise universal players   which read both video and audio files without problems: Gom media player   and VLC media player   - they read all formats and by the way they are completely free!

Do not forget that we need program for reading .pdf files. In this format, many books, articles, and other literature are published. Here I recommend Foxit reader   as a replacement for a bulky (and even paid) monster Adobe reader. You may need Adobe Photoshop   and view photo albums ACDsee Pro

Text recognising   - here is the best program, of course ABBYY FineReader   However, there are free analogues, for example Cuneiform

Do not forget about utilities that keep your system clean - Uninstall tool   and Ccleaner. As a result, we have an extensive list of programs - and at least two dozen of them will definitely come in handy ...

Hello dear friends! In today's article, I will tell you about all the necessary programs for the computer, without installing which it will be very difficult or simply impossible to work with.

To make full use of all the capabilities of your computer friend, you need to install the necessary programs on it.

All necessary programs must be installed on your computer or laptop, regardless of what activity you do on it. They greatly expand or improve the functionality of your device.

After installing the operating system on the computer (hereinafter referred to as the OS), you will have access to a certain number of programs built into it (the number and version of the programs depend on the version of the installed OS). As a rule, the functionality of these programs is limited.

To use all the features of the software, we are advised to purchase it (for denyushki, and considerable) 🙂 There are many ways to circumvent these restrictions, or use free software.

The list will include both paid and free programs that have similar characteristics and perform the same task.

Each program will be disassembled separately. The pros and cons in the work of the programs, their brief description, links to the sites of developers for their download will be indicated.

All the programs below work only under Windows (versions for each program will be indicated separately) So, let's get started ...

Regardless of whether you bought a new computer assembly (with a preinstalled OS), purchased individual components and assembled the computer yourself, or simply reinstalled the operating system, you need to install the drivers on the equipment available on the computer to get started.

To see if all the drivers are installed on a computer with a preinstalled OS, you need to click the “start” button, then the “control panel” tab, then select “Device Manager” from the list that appears, and click “system” for Windows XP and select "device Manager".

Here is the following (or not):) menu:

It should not have any red or yellow badges. If they are not, then all devices are installed and working normally. If there is, then you need to determine the problem with the name of the device and try to fix it.

Drivers for desktop computers are on disks (CD or DVD)

For laptops, they can also go on disks (when buying a laptop without an installed OS). If the operating system is installed, then most often the drivers are located in a special folder (program distributions, drivers, etc.).

Driver Installation Procedure

If you install drivers from a disk and there is a possibility of automatic installation, then you can use it.

This is the best way for an inexperienced user. The disadvantage of this method is the installation of unnecessary programs (various temperature sensors, fan speed control, etc.) that come with the drivers.

If you know what you need to install, then in the disc menu you can uncheck unnecessary programs and put only the necessary ones. Below I gave an example of the drive menu from my motherboard:

The drivers can be installed either automatically or manually, which gives us the opportunity to install everything individually or only the drivers we need.

It is desirable to install the drivers for each device individually with a reboot of the computer and in a certain order (desirable, but not necessary).

1. Chipset
2. Sound
3. Video
4. All other internal devices, and after them peripherals (printer, scanner, etc.)

As soon as all devices installed or connected to the computer have started working, we can proceed to install the programs so necessary for our work or entertainment.

Archivers

To continue the further installation of the necessary programs, we first need to install the archiver, since almost all distribution packages are packaged in archives.

The most popular of the paid archivers is WinRar.

In my opinion, WinRar has the only drawback, it is paid, but it works out for 100% of the money spent on it. This is a great and reliable tool for storing, transferring and protecting any of your files. Be it a photo, text document or video. If you do not mind the money, then this is the best option.

WinZip is also a paid archiver, but twice as expensive as WinRar. WinRar is inferior in functionality in any way, but usability suffers. Due to these two shortcomings, its rather low popularity affects. Comparative characteristics of these two archivers, you can see.

Now let's move on to the free and very popular 7Zip archiver.

7Zip has all the necessary functionality, and is considered one of the best programs for fast compression, storage and transmission of important information. The main advantages of this archiver is the presence of its own compression format 7z, which is ahead of WinRar in speed and compression ratio. There are both 32 and 64 bit versions of the program.

Each of the presented archivers will provide you with everything you need for quick and productive work.

Antiviruses

Now let's talk about the next type of software needed - antivirus software.

Antivirus software is one of the most popular and popular computers for all users.

Antivirus is considered one of the most necessary programs, not only because of its extreme practical usefulness (with proper configuration and proper use), but simply as a necessary attribute of a normal computer, although many users do not pay any attention to the work of the antivirus. They believe that if an antivirus is installed then this is enough. It works, is updated, well, okay. Many simply have no time or no interest in learning at least a little about the capabilities of the antivirus installed on them and the minimum of necessary settings so that it works an order of magnitude more efficiently.

You can not afford to understand Word, Excel and other fairly important programs for everyday work on the computer, but you cannot afford to be irresponsible with your data on the computer.

If the antivirus cannot prevent the threat, then (under certain circumstances) you may lose important documents, photos, etc., and no one wants it. If you do not have copies destroyed by the data virus, then consider that you have lost them almost irretrievably.

Therefore, the choice of a good and suitable antivirus for you is a rather difficult task, even for an experienced user, and less knowledgeable, especially. Below I will give and briefly describe the most popular antivirus programs and give links to developer sites.

And remember, there is no perfect antivirus, regardless of whether you choose a paid or free program.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus is deservedly considered the most popular paid anti-virus program in Russia. It has two of the most popular packages, representing basic and optimal protection. You can see more details about the capabilities of these products. There are also versions of the program for mobile phones, tablets and Apple products.

   If you decide to purchase Kaspersky Internet Security or Kaspersky Total Security, then by clicking on this link you will receive a program for checking the spelling of ORFO as a gift.

Dr. Antivirus programs follow in descending order of popularity. Web and Eset NOD32. These programs are paid. Their functionality is quite enough to provide the user with good protection against various computer viruses.

Also Dr. The Web provides an excellent free utility for detecting and removing Dr. Viruses. Web CureIt!

Of the free antiviruses, I would especially like to highlight avast! Free antivirus. It provides excellent protection against most existing pests, is simple and convenient to use. There is a more powerful paid version called avast! Internet Security At the end of 2013, the most powerful version of the antivirus appeared - avast! Premier

Also, many users use less popular, but slightly inferior to their advanced counterparts in finding and destroying malicious code, anti-virus programs. These include: AVG Anti-Virus Free, Comodo Antivirus, Avira. All of them are free, but at the same time provide reliable protection for your computer. Very good McAffe antivirus. It is often installed by default on laptops. By clicking on the picture below, you can learn more about this antivirus. The site is in English. To enable any other in the upper right corner, select a special menu item.

Paid antivirus from free can vary, for better or for worse. The algorithms for searching and detecting malicious code are different and you do not know which virus will get to you. It may be that a simple antivirus easily catches an unexpected guest, and his fancy fellow misses it. Choose what suits you best, install, configure and surf the Internet in safety.

By the way, I myself have been using the free version of Avast for more than three years, and am quite pleased with its work. Viruses, of course, skipped, especially trojans, but starting a full scan of the computer and using the Dr. Web CureIt! (once a month is enough) solves this problem. The article describes in detail about this and other programs for quickly and efficiently checking your computer for viruses.

After we have protected our computer from the unwanted effects of various malicious programs, you can calm down a bit, think and decide. What shall we install further? What programs do we need most?

To do this, ask yourself. What do you do more at your computer? Work or fun. After answering it, you will definitely know what to put in the first place, and I turn to the programs for viewing images.

Image Viewer

Programs for viewing images or simply “viewers” \u200b\u200bare an integral part of any computer, because without their capabilities, you can never view your photos or drawings. The absence in the computer of such a necessary program in the daily activities greatly limits your ability to use the unlimited potential of the computer.

All modern operating systems have a built-in program for viewing graphic images of almost any format, and it copes with simple viewing perfectly and many of this is enough, but for some users more functionality is needed. For this category, many different (both paid and free) programs have been specially developed for viewing a huge variety of graphic formats.

Once the most popular paid program for viewing images ACDSee, very quickly lost its position to its free counterparts.

Thanks to the advent of full-featured free programs for viewing various graphic formats, users now have the opportunity to choose, and there is no need to use paid image viewers.

These programs will allow us to view documents and read e-books in such popular formats as PDF and DjVu.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most powerful program for reading and editing PDF files. Its capabilities significantly exceed the requirements of the average user and it is too "heavy", so I advise everyone to install a simple and fast-loading Foxit PDF Reader. This free program is enough to view any documents or books.

WinDjView is a fast-to-use and extremely easy-to-use program for viewing DjVu files. The DjVu format allows you to save printed documents and images with excellent quality to files much smaller than the original.

I would also like to highlight a program such as STDU Viewer.

I started using it in 2015 and am very pleased with it. It easily replaces all three previous programlins.

Its advantages:

• Reads all main formats of images, books and documents (see supported formats);
• Light weight;
• Free for non-commercial use;
• It can replace several utilities.

Disadvantages:

In fact, it has one drawback, it is a less convenient and practical interface when working with files and less functionality when working (unlike specialized software), so to speak, a fee for universality. But many are unnecessary and unnecessary (such as me), looked at the document and forgot. So I strongly advise everyone to add this software to the list of necessary, more than anything else.

Video players

To view videos in a variety of formats, we need to install a video player on the computer.

Here I will give only free programs for watching videos, since there is no need to use paid video players, because of their high price and absolute uselessness for an ordinary user, for whom simplicity and ease of use are more important than sophisticated functionality.

  - Probably the most popular video file player for the vast majority of users. The popularity of Media Player Classic is justified by the fact that this player is present in such a popular codec pack as the K-Lite Codec Pack, which will be discussed below. Its capabilities are quite enough for ordinary viewing of films and video materials, unpretentious and easy to use.

Media Player Classic once again confirms that for most users, speed and ease of use are important, and additional features go by the wayside. This player can also be downloaded separately. It is called MPC-HC, which essentially does not change anything. There are both 32x and 64x bit versions.

Next is a more beautiful and modern video player. This video / audio player has built-in codecs, which allows you to watch video films (including DVDs) and listen to music without installing any third-party codecs. KMPlayer has advanced video settings, which can significantly improve the quality of the video being played, as well as interchangeable skins, to change the appearance.

And finally, I will present a powerful and very easy to use media player.

VLC is a free, open-source cross-platform player for any audio and video information. It, like KMPlayer, has built-in codecs for playing audio and video files. It supports a huge number of formats and various streaming protocols.

To play video on your computer, you can use any of the programs presented here, making a choice based on your aesthetic needs. The capabilities of each of them are enough to use in most everyday tasks.

P.S. I myself constantly use all three multimedia players, depending on the format, quality of the launched video file and mood :). Media DVD Classic is enough for regular DVD Rip movies, and I use VLC media player to watch videos and movies in Full HDTV. KMPlayer can play quite high quality, both DVD and HDTV, although I rarely use it, I like it for its excellent design and capabilities.

Audio players

For high-quality playback and listening to music, we need to install a program for playing audio files.

Earlier in the article, multimedia players were examined that are more suitable for playing video, although everyone has the ability to play audio files. Using them to listen to music is not very convenient, so I will tell you about audio players that are specially sharpened to perform this function with the highest possible convenience and quality.

The first representative of this class of programs is the very popular, beautiful and convenient audio pleer Aimp. In December 2015, the fourth version of this player was released. The player is absolutely free, and it is very happy :).

Aimp player conquered, and firmly occupied a niche, the former very popular and high-quality music player WinAmp.

Thanks to the free, beautiful appearance (it is possible to change skins), user-friendly interface, high-quality sound reproduction, functionality and constant updates, he won the hearts of many users around the world. If you opt for Aimp, you will never regret it. Ideal for home use.

It has a modest interface, but at the same time it has great opportunities to expand, configure and play high-quality sound.

The theoretical capabilities of Foobar2000 for high-quality processing of audio files exceed the capabilities of professional audio equipment.

It has a huge number of plug-ins.

A great player for those who like to indulge in sound settings. It is also very suitable for use in office computers, as it consumes very little RAM and has the ability to adjust transparency.

It is a fast, very small size (490kb archived), but at the same time a powerful and flexible tool for listening to music.

Supports the main audio formats WAV, OGG, MP1, MP2, MP3, AIFF.

Due to the extremely Spartan interface, using Evil Player is not very convenient, but it does an excellent job of fulfilling its main function.

For a house where usually several people use one computer, it will be inconvenient, and it is very suitable for listening to background music in the office.

Codecs

The most popular, stable, universal and necessary set of codecs for viewing and processing audio and video files is undoubtedly.

Thanks to the existence of five package options, any user can choose the one that suits him in terms of functionality.

Basic   (Basic) - contains the necessary components for playing all popular audio and video formats.

Standard   (Standard) is the same as in the basic version, plus the very good and necessary Media Player Classic Home Cinema player, which was discussed above, and the built-in MPEG-2 decoder for playing DVDs.

Full (Full) The same as in the standard set, plus MadVR, GraphStudioNext and several additional DirectShow filters.

Mega   (and so it is clear) the same as the full package, plus ACM and VFW codecs for encoding and editing video, several additional DirectShow filters and tools.

Previously, there was a special 64-bit version of the codec designed to work on 64-bit operating systems, but now it is built-in by default and you do not need to download anything separately.

To view full descriptions of the composition and capabilities of various versions of the codec, follow the link above.

It is a set of the most necessary codecs for watching videos in the most popular formats and listening to audio files.

The package includes such popular codecs as ffdshow, DivX, XviD, x264, h.264, Windows Media 9, MP4, MPEG4, MPEG2, AC3, DTS, Flash Video Splitter, many filters, various plugins and other auxiliary tools for working with video and audio files.

This is a universal free application developed by Adobe, which allows us to view pages with dynamic (interactive) content, beautiful special effects and video clips, play flash games.

Flash technology is very common on the Internet, and using a computer without a Flash player installed, you will not be able to fully use all the features of the modern Internet.

This software is simply necessary for installation on any computer.

For instructions on installing Adobe Flash Player on Internet Explorer, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox, click here.

Adobe Flash Player is already integrated in Google Chrome. Updated automatically.

Office programs

It is the most necessary set of office applications created by Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X operating systems.

This package includes software that allows you to prepare documents of varying complexity. Allows you to work with various types of documents: texts, spreadsheets, databases, etc.

Microsoft Office occupies a leading position in the market of word processors, and its formats are the standard in the workflow of the vast majority of enterprises.

The most popular applications from the Microsoft Office suite are Microsoft Office Word, for working with text data and Microsoft Office Excel, for working with tabular data. But these applications are quite difficult to master independently and during self-training we use the capabilities of these programs by 10-15%. Therefore, if you want to surprise your friends, girlfriends, comrades and employees with an advanced level of Word proficiency, to do your work more efficiently and faster, I advise you to go through.

Microsoft Office is a great product for processing text and tabular data, but its main disadvantage is the price.

The 2013 version costs about 15,000 rubles. This is a very large amount for us, therefore, on home computers, the vast majority of users have versions of this program, which is so necessary for many, that are unlocked in various ways.

Now consider the free office program OpenOffice.

This is the most popular free office suite designed for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases, etc.

It supports many languages \u200b\u200band works great on all personal computers.

OpenOffice can be used completely freely for commercial and non-commercial purposes.

The OpenOffice office suite has less functionality and usability, so it will not replace Microsoft Office in enterprises, but it is more than enough for home use.

A very good option (especially for owners of laptops and tablets) can be a simple text editor.

Browsers

  (read as an Internet explorer) - a browser developed by Microsoft. Included in all Windows operating systems, and thanks to this, it remains today one of the most popular web browsers on the Internet.

Most users for whom the Internet is required from time to time will be enough, and for those who spend a little more time behind the monitor in search of information and entertainment, they may need a more flexible and customizable tool.

In general, the latest versions of Internet Explorer are convenient and work quite well with proper configuration.

At the moment, Microsoft is very actively promoting its Microsoft Edge browser, which comes with the Windows 10 operating system. According to user reviews, it is quite good and surpasses Internet Explorer.

Although the package includes many modules, the most common application from this package is   Nero burning rom. He is responsible for recording, erasing, copying and cloning discs. Nero Burning Rom has established itself as the fastest, most convenient and high-quality program for burning discs. Supports burning of all existing discs and formats. The downside of the program is its fee, but it is cheaper than Ashampoo Burning. It is the best choice for burning discs among all programs of this class.

On this I want to end the description of the set of necessary programs for any computer running Windows operating systems, and move on to not-so-necessary but sometimes necessary software.

Such software includes programs for scanning text and images, translators, downloading files and torrents, communicating on the Internet, cleaning the operating system, convenient work with files and defragmenters. Now, first things first ...

Convenient file management

The most popular program for convenient work with files is. This is the best two-pane file manager. It has all the possible options for convenient work with multiple files. There are both 32 and 64 bit versions of the program.

A good option would be to use a free file manager. In terms of stability and functionality, it is inferior to Total Commander, but for many it will be enough.

Internet chat

Programs designed for communication via the Internet are divided into those that allow you to conduct a conversation through a microphone with the ability to connect video via a webcam, and simple communication using text. Almost all modern programs support all of these options for interaction between users.

The most striking representative of this segment is Skype.

Skype allows free communication to all Internet users, regardless of their location. It is possible to call any mobile operator or city number at very low rates.

Easy to install, understandable and easy to use, Skype is simply obliged to stand by those users who want to use the Internet to the maximum.

Skype.Ru Agent can serve as a good replacement for Skype, but it has a big minus, this is a lower quality of communication than Skype. Otherwise, this is a fairly convenient and high-quality product. It has millions of fans thanks to the popular ICQ instant messaging service (better known as ICQ). When downloading an agent (and other programs), be careful. Be sure to uncheck the box before downloading, otherwise a bunch of all kinds of digital signals will fly into your load. With all due respect to Mail.ru, but they don’t disdain to clog our computers with very annoying and, most importantly, absolutely unnecessary software for the sake of a penny.

Download files and torrents

All modern browsers have a built-in module for downloading files from the Internet, but their functionality and ease of use do not satisfy many users. An alternative to the standard methods of downloading information from the Internet can be specially designed for this program. They can easily be integrated into all major and popular browsers, have much greater functionality, speed and reliability.

The best program of this class is.

Download Master is a convenient and highly effective tool for downloading any files. It will provide you with high download speed, the ability to continue the interrupted download from the point of disconnection, a convenient interface for managing the program and downloaded files.

There is a portable version of Download Master Portable, which, being recorded on a USB flash drive or portable disk, will allow you to boot from any computer connected to the World Wide Web. All versions of Download Master are free.

Another good program to download files from the Internet.

In its functionality, Free Download Manager is not inferior to Download Master in any way, but loses in usability, although many like it, just because of its simplicity and the presence of only the necessary controls.

The next program is a torrent-rocking. If you do not understand what this is about, then read what torrent files are.

µTorrent is one of the most popular torrent clients worldwide.

The advantages of this program are its small size, convenient and intuitive interface, and most importantly, it is absolutely free. I advise everyone who downloads large amounts of data from torrent trackers.

Operating system cleaning

To maintain the operating system in good working condition and remove unnecessary files and programs from it, we just need a program.

CCleaner is the best free program to optimize the registry and files of your computer. After completing your work, you will see how much faster and more efficient the computer will work.

CCleaner instantly free up valuable space on your hard drives, while you can be sure of the correctness and reliability of the program. The program will not delete any necessary files. Built-in support for the Russian language, the small size of the program and a clear and simple interface make CCleaner an indispensable assistant, both at home and at work.

Recently, to optimize and clean the operating system of various garbage, I began to use Advanced SystemCare. A great replacement for many cleaners.

Defragmenters

Very fast, powerful and reliable defragmenter.

Auslogics Disk Defrag allows you to optimize the file system, the placement of both system and regular files to speed up the computer. Supports work in the background. Free for commercial and home use.

There is also a portable version of Auslogics Disk Defrag, which can be written to a USB flash drive or removable disk, with the further ability to run the program on any other computer without installation.

Optical text and image recognition

With frequent work with text and graphic data, you may need such necessary software as programs for recognizing text and images.

It is a leader in the field of optical data recognition and has all the necessary functionality for the quick and convenient translation of paper documents into electronic editable formats. It defines and allows you to convert into documents of various formats, both text and tabular data, and images. Performs all this with maximum speed and quality. For her, the type of the document being determined does not matter, whether it be a photograph of a book or a plain text document. ABBYY FineReader with the same quality will determine the data in both documents. There is a built-in spell checker. The downside of the program is its fee.

For those who are not ready to pay for the program for optical text recognition ABBYY FineReader, there is its free analogue CuneiForm.

Functionality and quality of work of CuneiForm is inferior to ABBYY FineReader, but it copes with scanning simple documents and images very well. Any print fonts are recognized.

The results of the work can be translated and edited in any office programs and text editors, and then saved in popular formats.

To improve recognition quality, CuneiForm uses dictionary checking. The standard dictionary can be expanded by inserting new words from text files. Suitable for everyone who needs optical data recognition from case to case.

Text translators

Electronic dictionary is the most powerful package for translating text from one language to another.

It comes in a home and professional version, which differ in a set of dictionaries. Each version has the ability to connect additional dictionaries. It has a huge standard database of words and popular phrases. It has the highest quality automatic translation of the text, selecting the translation of words within the meaning and content of the translated material. ABBYY Lingvo is a very high-quality paid product, which far left behind both its paid and free competitors. It is simply necessary for everyone who studies foreign languages \u200b\u200band translates texts.

NeoDic is a free program for contextual translation of text. It will help you cope with the translation of unfamiliar words by simply hovering the mouse cursor over the desired word or phrase. This type of translation is very convenient to use when viewing information on the Internet. The program supports the Russian language, has a small size and many settings that allow you to change the program to your needs.

  This concludes the review of the necessary programs for your computer. The set of software presented above is enough for the full use of all the basic capabilities of the computer that the vast majority of users use, at home or in the office.

You can download them from official sites (this is not always convenient), follow the links provided in the article, or go to the useful resources page and select the programs you like from the listed directories and search and download the necessary program from it.

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A large number of new programs appear on the application market daily. Applications for devices with the Android operating system at the same time occupy a considerable share, partly due to the fact that it allows you to implement more functions on it, compared to other platforms.

So that you don’t get lost among a huge variety, website   gave an overview of the most useful Android applications that are really worthy of attention and place in your mobile device.

Saving web pages for reading

Pocket is recognized as one of the best Android apps in 2014. This service allows you to save articles, videos and other materials for viewing later, and this information will be available on all devices. If the material is saved in Pocket, it will be on your phone, tablet or computer, even if you are offline. This app is ideal for use on the way to work or traveling.

Message exchange

There are plenty of messaging services. Facebook Messenger has also been added to the popular Viber, iMessage and Telegram, the audience of which has already exceeded 200 million users. It features a minimalistic design and excellent functionality: in addition to sending text messages, the application allows you to share photos, audio recordings and videos, as well as make and receive calls.

Alarm clock

Morning awakening is few given easily. All of us, of course, set the alarm for the right time, but as soon as it starts to ring, with the usual movement we postpone the call again and again. Puzzle Alarm Clock, available on Android devices, will help you overcome this addiction. To turn off the melody, it offers several options: solving puzzles, math problems, unpleasant flickering of a flash, and, for especially severe cases, a monetary fine for each transfer of the alarm time!

Physical activity

Physical activity tracking services are gaining in popularity. So Google launched its Google Fit application, which allows you to collect activity statistics you need and monitor all indicators using sensors. The program monitors how much you went, ran or rode your bike and counts calories burned.

Increase productivity

If you're familiar with the concept of procrastination firsthand, the Focus Lock Android app can help you increase productivity. It allows you to temporarily block all "harmful" applications that distract and prevent you from focusing on an important business. All that is required of you is to set the time intervals for work and rest, and the program itself will signal when you will be able to use the blocked services. When you try to launch a forbidden application, you won’t succeed, and you won’t be able to unlock it in Focus Lock itself. For some, such a cardinal way can be a salvation.

Application Sync

The great IFTTT automation app is now available on Android. The service allows you to save your time by creating links between actions in various applications. For example, you can duplicate all the photos you added on Instagram on Twitter, or save the files received by mail in Dropbox. There are a huge number of recipes, you can find ready-made in the application, but you can create your own.

Weather

Now, Android device owners have the opportunity to use the amazing weather app from Yahoo! - Yahoo weather. It is distinguished by one of the most beautiful interfaces: beautiful photos from Flickr are selected for every city and weather. In addition to air temperature, there is also animated data on the strength of the wind, a map of the city, the phase of the moon and the current position of the sun.

Convenient calendar

Users of Android mobile devices can use various applications to organize their day. This can be either a full-fledged calendar planned for months ahead, or a simple to-do list containing just a list of tasks. Accomplish combines both of these approaches: you can drag tasks directly from your to-do list to the calendar and plan when it will be convenient for you to do each of the tasks.

Time management

Another useful application that allows you to plan and organize your time. MyLifeOrganized will become your personal secretary, who is constantly next to you, maintains a list of cases and in time reminds you of the need to complete them. Tasks can be combined into groups and establish the dependence of the implementation of some tasks on the execution of others. There is even the opportunity to indicate the location in which the reminder should work (for example, remind you to buy batteries when you are in the store).

Learning New Words

Lingo Vocabulary Trainer is an interesting and effective way to learn and repeat the right words in many languages. In the learning process, you will simultaneously see a card with an image of the object, denoting its foreign word and you can listen to the pronunciation. And when you see again or even just think about this object, the right word will pop up in your memory. Even if learning the language is difficult for you, this method will help develop memory.

Storage of personal information

Using the 1Password application, you can securely store passwords, credit card information, passport information and other important personal data. And the program creates complex and unique passwords for each site, remembers them and enters them with just one click. This application is like a multi-platform safe for important information, a worthy alternative which is difficult to find.

Brain training

The Lumosity app creates a training program that challenges your brain. Train your memory and attention with exciting mini-games. At the same time, a record of your results is kept, which allows you to track your progress over time. Thanks to this application, gymnastics for the mind becomes a daily habit, and not a burdensome duty.

Numerous is an interesting Android application that tracks important numbers: both the most common ones - currency and stock prices, and more personalized ones, such as, for example, the number of days before the release of new films and series. If the number changes, the application notifies you. With proper configuration, the application can become really useful.

Switch between tasks

The Pintasking application allows you to easily and conveniently switch between various running programs in Android. Sometimes mobile devices just need to be used in multitasking mode. Thanks to this application, you can minimize the windows into small floating buttons, and then expand the desired back. Try it, this method is much more convenient than the standard switching between tasks.

Entertaining tasks

If you are tired of your usual routine life, the cool Shuffle My Life app will help you overcome boredom and bring a little spontaneity to your day. The application will offer you to perform one of the random tasks, of which there are now more than four hundred. For example, take a photo of five unusual objects on the way to work, read a new book or write a speech on an arbitrary topic and record it on a voice recorder. The program monitors the execution of tasks, so do not try to cheat.