 Hello everybody! In this video, I'd like to show you best rated free apps, which I want you to know about. In fact, this is the list of master programs for every PC and some other useful utilities to complement the list of software you need. In our channel and blog you will find solutions to any problem, from installing an operating system or configuring it to fix impossible bugs and errors or optimizing mobile gadgets. Our specialists will answer any questions you ask in your comments under the videos or articles. Probably, every user has a handful of useful apps installed on their computer. In today's video, we'll show you three products which are just as good as their commercial counterparts in helping you deal with certain tasks. So let's begin. Antivirus Before downloading and installing anything, take care of your computer's security and get a decent antivirus. Sure, we all know Windows 10 features its own integrated Defender app, but independent experts tend to be quite cautious when talking about its efficiency. And if you are using an earlier version of Windows 10, you just need to have one of the following products on your machine. Using a really good antivirus never harmed anyone, right? For example, antivirus solutions from Avera and Cosperoskelab often receive best test reports and build developers over free products to provide a decent security level. Avera Free Security Suite is a free multifunctional utility package to make your digital life easier. Decentivirus will prevent tracking your online activities, protect your privacy and accelerate everyday performance. In addition to the security model, it packs in a free VPN, a PC optimizer, a password manager and an update wizard. Another top-rated free antivirus is Cosperoske Free. It will protect your computer from viruses, block dangerous files and apps, and warn you of any malicious websites. The developer guarantees reliable protection without affecting your system performance, and automatic updates will keep your computer in the best shape to withstand most widespread threats. Browser The next app to install is a browser, which is certainly one of the most popular programs on any PC. Talking of browsers, the integrated products you can find within any operating system are actually a weak point, and computer geeks never use them because of their numerous errors and poor usability. For more comfortable web surfing, I recommend installing one of the following products, each of them being a true leader of the industry – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Yandex. To me, Google Chrome really stands out of the crowd – it supports tons of extensions to improve its functionality in any way you could think of. Its cross-platform nature lets you sync user data between stationery and mobile devices. Chrome offers automatic protection from phishing and malicious websites. Torrent Client This utility will help you download other apps or files from torrent sites. Using only a browser is not enough when you need to download large programs, videos and other files that require quite a lot of disk space. If the download is interrupted, you'll have to begin it again, from the very start, and the download speed won't make you happy either. Unfortunately, there are special apps designed to overcome these difficulties and download large files in spite of any internet connection problems. Transmission is a light and easy bit Torrent Client to help you download any content from any torrent website. No extra functions to make it look bulkier – only the basic tools you may need. You can add torrent files already saved to your computer, and you can also drag links to the program's window right from the tracker. In addition, it can download files by URL as well. This utility lets you decide on the download priority, limit download and upload speed, manage ratings, create your own torrents and more. You can see detailed info on every torrent file, size, availability, source, peers, trackers and so on. The interface is truly laconic and won't be difficult to use. So, if you're looking for a quick and easy torrent client, this simple app is certainly worth your attention. File archiver Later on, when you download some programs, you will certainly need an archiver, as most software products are provided in the form of archives, and it takes a specialized tool to extract them. Samus zip is a free archiver for Windows, with decent performance and support for all modern formats. It can boast a high compression rate and works with a multitude of archive formats. The app integrates into with the Windows Explorer easily. It is also available in versions for Command Prompt and as a plugin for FAR Manager that allows dealing with archives without involving a standalone utility. Junk Liner After browsing the web, installing or uninstalling applications, more and more files which are no longer needed will accumulate on your computer. Pretty soon, you will need a special utility to clean these files, also known as Junk. Seek Liner is right there to help you. It can boost your computer's performance considerably by removing unneeded and damaged files. While surfing the web or installing programs, there is no way for you to make sure that unnecessary files or other stuff slowing down your computer is removed. But with Seek Liner, polishing Windows registry and deleting junk files is only a few clicks away. It works pretty fast, and the interface is quite comprehensible, so you mustn't face any difficulties in using it. Visit our channel for a detailed video on how to get rid of junk files. I leave the link in the description. Cloud Storage by Google Drive Many users no longer keep important data on local hard disks, but upload it to cloud storage services. The advantage is clear – you can access your data from any device connected to the Internet. By now, Google Drive is one of the most popular online services for storing, exchanging and securing your data. It lets you sync files between a computer and mobile devices from a single account. With Google Drive, you can upload any information to the cloud for personal use or for sharing a file with other people. Every user receives a free storage space of 15 gigabytes. Google Photos is another service-specific element to store, edit and share photos and videos. When you install and configure this app, photos and videos will be uploaded automatically to the cloud storage, get arranged by type and available for a search right after uploading. You'll be able to quickly share them with whoever you wish and never worry that your device may run out of free space. Video Players and Cortex If you often watch videos on your computer, you must know that Windows features an integrated tool for this purpose – Windows Media Player. It can play most basic formats, but some of them are out of its reach. In this case, install an alternative player, such as VLC, or use an extra Cortex package. VLC is a free open-source cross-platform media player which can handle numerous multimedia file formats and network streams in a variety of protocols. This player recognizes most Cortex without additional packages to be installed. However, if you need a Cortex package, choose K-Lite Cortex Pack. This is a versatile selection of Cortex and utilities to play in process audio and video files, and most of the package consists of free tools. It was developed specifically as a solution that's both easy to install and use even for absolute beginners. With K-Lite Cortex Pack, you'll be able to play all popular audio and video formats and most of specialized formats as well. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Viber – all for messaging If you are accustomed to using messengers on your phone and you need something similar on PC, here's the list to choose from. WhatsApp – a popular free app for instant text messaging that works fine on mobile and other devices and supports both voice and video calls. With WhatsApp, you can send text messages, images, videos and audio files. For Windows, this client is also available as a web application. Facebook Messenger is the application to exchange instant messages and videos, and it's integrated with the Messenger feature in the Facebook main website. Viber for PC This application for computers offers seamless synchronization with the same app you have on your smartphone, and it makes reading and sending messages from computers surprisingly easy. To activate Viber for PC, you need to have a valid Viber account on your smartphone. MusicB and AM for music If you are one of those people who still listen to music downloaded to the hard disk, a good music player is definitely working it. MusicB is a free and full-fledged music player with a wide range of features. It packs in numerous playlist options, a powerful tech editor, an integrated audio converter and CD-RIPA, supports podcasts and audiobooks, and automatically downloads various media data – album covers, lyrics, artist information from the Internet. AIM is a multifunctional audio solution. With all the integrated utilities, you can easily convert music from one format into another, record sound from a microphone or another sound device, edit tags for mp3, ogg, wma files and rename groups of files or sort them by number of criteria. This program is based on feedback from users of other players, so it clearly combines only the best features from many similar products. The player also includes an 18-band equalizer to help you achieve the best sound quality. PaintNet editor for images Another app you may look for is a graphics editor. This is a must-have tool for photographers and designers, but ordinary users may sometimes need it too. While professionals tend to use Photoshop and similar heavyweight tools, PaintNet is modern enough for anyone who only deals with pictures occasionally. This lightweight and minimalistic editor will come in handy every time you need to crop an image, modify its size, adjust colors or add some marks. PaintNet is distinguished for its smart interface and a wide range of functions if compared to the Windows-integrated Microsoft Paint editor. With a functionality to match Adobe Photoshop, PaintNet is a perfect free alternative to expansive commercial solutions, all of its functions being available on tablet PCs as well. Jim, a flexible, powerful, versatile and, that's important, free graphics editor which is almost as good as the famous Photoshop. It's a perfect choice for drawing, web design and graphical design. The choice of visual effects, tools and features is very similar to those offered by Adobe products. Jim is an excellent tool for dealing with bitmap graphics and it's known for convenience, simplicity and extensibility. Text editor – Notepad++. If you often use Notepad, here's a good alternative – Notepad++, which adds more useful functions. This text editor is designed for programmers and all those dissatisfied with the limited functionality of the Windows-integrated app. Key features of the program include text highlighting and text operations as required by syntax of the selected programming language. Support for wide range of languages and the ability to create and run macros. Office software package – Choose LibreOffice. If you are looking for a free alternative to a Microsoft Office, try LibreOffice instead. LibreOffice is an open-source office package which is a work from OpenOffice org project and claims to be a free alternative to the commercial Microsoft Office package. This free solution includes a text editor – Writer, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for presentations, Draw for diagrams and flowcharts, an equation editor – Math, and a database manager with the unsurprising name – Base. In addition, LibreOffice packs in special tools to import SVG graphics and files created in Microsoft Works and Lotus Word Pro. Also, this package includes many extensions such as PDF import, presentation console and more. Mail client – Thunderbird. If you need to work with emails, then you just need a mail client. Mozilla Thunderbird is a quite powerful and free mail client to make your work with emails as effective as possible. Using Thunderbird, you'll get high-level safety. In Windows, this program doesn't use the Internet Explorer engine to display emails in the HTML format, and it means it is secured against all conventional vulnerabilities. However, no security can prevent you from the unwise decision to open an attachment you received from an unknown person. So don't do it. Perfect HTML support. In addition to displaying HTML properly, the client includes an excellent HTML editor with a concise code, smart interface making things easier for absolute beginners, an adjustable toolbar, laconic menus and much more. Thunderbird offers automatic ad filtering, and it can only download headings, while advertising emails can be removed manually from the server, and it supports RSS newsfeed. As it's an actively developing application, new versions are all doubt regularly with bug fixes and new features added. Change keyboard layouts with Ponto Switcher Another utility on the list is Ponto Switcher. It's a useful free tool that will come in handy for anyone who has to do much typing. Originally, it was designed as an automatic keyboard language switcher for people who are no experts in blind typing. But for today, Ponto Switcher packs in a lot of extra features, like transliteration support, remembering all symbols you have used, converting digits to text, adding patterns and integration with such popular services as Twitter and Wikipedia. The built-in caesaurus contains over a million words. Another tool in today's review lets you capture and share screenshots. Joxy. A convenient utility to exchange files and screenshots over the internet, which doesn't need any extra tools like a graphics editor, a Kyver, a hosting program. Use it to capture screenshots, do some editing, and publish the file in a single click. A brief overview of its key features. High performance. All stages of work are optimized to the max. Hotkey support. Use an option to create a personal account and store files on the server. Access uploaded files from any computer or mobile device, view upload history, and enjoy unlimited storage time. Any file uploaded to Joxy can be sent to your blog or posted in a social network. Interruption for users is to leave commands from their social media accounts, blogs or mail services under the content they have uploaded. Send files to your phone with Wi-Fi, portal. And if you need to quickly transfer a file from the computer to the smartphone by Wi-Fi, there is also a good tool for that purpose – portal. All you need is to install it on your phone and open it. Then open any browser on your computer and go to the website of this utility. Now use your phone to scan the QR code from the website. Finally, drag the file you need to send to your phone into this window. When they are uploaded, you will see them in portal's window on your phone. Remote desktop connection with TeamViewer. He comes the utility to help you establish a remote desktop connection. TeamViewer is a convenient tool for accessing computers remotely with bypassing firewalls, locked ports and NAD routing for local IP addresses. Besides, you can use it to show your desktop to other users, run presentations and transfer files. TeamViewer makes use of protected data transfer channels featuring KeyExchange and AES – 256-bit encryption for every session. Main Features Remote administration for services and computers managed by other users. File exchange. Automatic data transfer channels with KeyExchange and powerful AES encryption. Convenient active user list with connection options. The program can work on a local computer without installation, and communicate with a remote computer through the browser. Optimized image quality and speed of data transfer. Automatic installation and updates for all of your software. Finally, a wonderful web service Nynite, which can help you install several programs from today's list in a few clicks. In the website, check the apps you want to install and click Get Your Nynite. After that, an installer will be downloaded to install automatically the latest version of the programs you have selected. Of course, this list cannot include all and every free product which is worth your attention. If you feel you can add a few more apps, you are welcome to post a comment under the video. And that is all for now. I hope this video was useful and you noted a couple of worthy apps to use in the nearest future. Remember to click the Like button and subscribe to our channel. Push the bell button to receive notifications and never miss any new videos. Leave comments to ask questions and share your opinion. Thank you for watching. Good luck.