Must-have software for windows

VLC media player
VLC media player
Plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, etc.
3.0.18
FREE
Skype
8.94.0.428
FREE
Rating
Chat and make audio/video calls with your friends.
µTorrent (uTorrent)
3.6.0.46716
Rating
Easy-to-use BitTorrent download client for Windows OS.
TeamViewer
15.39.5
FREE
Rating
Connect to and control remote computers and mobile devices.
7-Zip
22.01
FREE
Rating
Pack and unpack the most common archive file formats for free.
The KMPlayer
4.2.2.73
FREE
Rating
Enjoy your favorite movies with an all-round player.
Dropbox
168.4.4802
FREE
Rating
Upload and manage data, and share files and folders with friends.
PhotoScape
3.7
FREE
Rating
Intended to perform various operations involving photos.
Notepad++
8.4.9
FREE
Rating
Edit text files and program codes with syntax highlighting.
Free Download Manager
6.18.1.4920
FREE
Rating
A powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.
WhatsApp
2.2306.9
FREE
Rating
Send and receive WhatsApp messages, photos, and files on your desktop.
Norton Security
22.23.1.21
Rating
Protects your computer against existing and emerging viruses and malware.
ESET Smart Security
16.0.26
Rating
A security solution for keeping your family, data, identity and devices safe.
LibreOffice
7.5.1
FREE
Rating
Create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases.
IrfanView
4.62
FREE
Rating
Universal photo viewer, converter, and photo-slideshow creator.
FastStone Image Viewer
7.7
FREE
Rating
Manage, view, edit and convert your images in batches.
foobar2000
1.6.16
FREE
Rating
Advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
PDF Reader
4.0
FREE
Rating
You can open, view, zoom and print PDF files.
Wise Registry Cleaner Free
10.9.2.709
FREE
Rating
Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the safest Registry cleaning tools.
KeePass Password Safe
2.53.1
FREE
Rating
Manage your usernames and passwords in an encrypted database.
ISO to USB
1.6
FREE
Rating
Create ISO images and bootable devices easily with this free program.
Slack
4.29.149
Rating
Manages files and facilitates online communication for your projects.
Wondershare MirrorGo
3.0
Rating
Mirror your Android/iOS phone on your computer and record your best gameplays.
Ace Translator
16.3.0.1630
Rating
Handy translation tool for your daily multilingual needs.
Telegram Desktop
4.6.5
FREE
Rating
Send messages to your friends and download contents from Telegram groups.
Wondershare Photo Collage Studio
4.2.18.6
Rating
A nice program to create photo collages with different layouts.
Ditto
3.24.238
FREE
Rating
Extension to the standard Windows clipboard.
FlashBack Express
6.10.0.415
FREE
Rating
Record your screen activity with just a few clicks.
Duet Display
2.1.9
FREE
Rating
Use a portable device to get an additional display for your main system.
Instagram
8.1.13
FREE
Rating
Use Instagram directly from your browser by using this Chrome add-on.
Tor Browser
12.0.3
FREE
Rating
Browse the Internet anonymously and without any limitations.
SafeInCloud Password Manager
22.3.3
FREE
Rating
Manage usernames and passwords, and auto-fill web forms.

Secure your PC

Avast Free Antivirus
23.1.7883
FREE
Rating
Gives real time protection from viruses, spyware, ransomware, and other malware.
McAfee Security Scan Plus
4.1.262.1
FREE
Rating
Free diagnostic tool for Windows.
Avira Free Antivirus
15.0.2111.2126
FREE
Rating
A free antivirus protecting your computer against all kinds of malware.
360 Total Security
10.8.0.1382
Rating
Protects your PC from malware programs and performs Windows system optimization.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus
16.0.26
Rating
Protects against viruses, spyware, rootkits, ransomware, and other malware.

Popular web browsers

Google Chrome
111.0.5563.65
FREE
Rating
Surf the Internet securely on a multi-tabbed modern web browser.
Firefox
110.0
FREE
Rating
Browse the Internet and download files without worrying about privacy.
Opera
96.0.4693.80
FREE
Rating
Browse the Internet using a secure, multi-tabbed web browser.
UC Browser
7.0.185.1002
FREE
Rating
Blocks potential sources of malware and viruses also the low data consumption.
Safari
5.1.7
FREE
Rating
Fast web browser made by Apple for Windows.

Cloud storage services

Dropbox
168.4.4802
FREE
Rating
Upload and manage data, and share files and folders with friends.
Google Drive
71.0
FREE
Rating
Back up files from your computer, camera, or SD cards to the cloud.
iCloud
14.1.108.0
FREE
Rating
Access your iCloud photos, files, and passwords from your Windows PC.
MEGA
7.24.2827
FREE
Rating
An integrated tool for conducting automatic and manual sequence alignment.
OneDrive
17.3.6381.405
FREE
Rating
Microsoft's generous, online cloud storage (15GB) for Microsoft Account holders.

Tools for sending emails

Microsoft Office Outlook
16.0
Rating
Microsoft Outlook offers premium business and personal e-mail management tools.
Mozilla Thunderbird
102.9
FREE
Rating
Gives access to multiple email accounts on a single interface.
Google Gmail Notifier
1.0.25.0
FREE
Rating
With Gmail Notifier the user is notified about every new mail he/she receives.
The Bat!
10.3.3.3
Rating
Secure desktop email client for Windows, built to protect your correspondence.
Yahoo! Mail
5.1.2600.2180

Drivers for PC

Intel Processor Graphics Driver
38.15.0.1125
FREE
Rating
Provides improved graphics performance adn 3D video capabilities.
AMD Catalyst
17.1.1
FREE
Rating
Manage the settings of AMD graphic cards and monitors connected to your PC.
Driver Booster
10.3.0
FREE
Rating
Automatically identify outdated drivers and keep it up to date with 1-click.
AGEIA PhysX
9.10.0513
FREE
Rating
Software for improving the performance of Nvidia graphic cards.

Office suites for all your needs

Microsoft Office 2016
16.0
Rating
Comprehensive suite to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.
OpenOffice
4.1.14
FREE
Rating
It is designed for word processing, presentations, graphics and databases.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer
12.0.6654.5000
Rating
PowerPoint presentations viewer.
Microsoft Office Word Viewer
12.0.6038.3000
FREE
Rating
Word Viewer lets you view, print and copy Word documents on a computer.
StarOffice
9.2.9483
Rating
StarOffice supports the OpenOffice.org XML file format.

Text editors and PDF viewers

Foxit Reader
12.1.1.15289
FREE
Rating
View, annotate, form-fill, and sign PDF documents.
Adobe Reader
2021.001.20145
FREE
Rating
Adds annotations to documents using a complete set of commenting features.
PDFCreator
5.0.3
FREE
Rating
Convert any printable document to PDF and other formats.
doPDF
11.7.371
FREE
Rating
Create PDF documents using the medium quality preset.
AkelPad
4.9.8
FREE
Rating
Open source editor for plain text with advanced features.

Photo editors and image viewers

Paint.NET
5.0.2
FREE
Rating
Free and powerful photo editing program.
ACDSee
2023.0
FREE
Rating
Organize, view, edit, print, catalog and find all of your graphic files.
FastStone Image Viewer
7.7
FREE
Rating
Manage, view, edit and convert your images in batches.
Photo! Editor
1.8
FREE
Rating
Denoise, remove red eyes, apply filters to JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc.
Photo Toolkit
1.8.0.17
FREE
Rating
Retouch and add funny effects to your photos.

Compress your files

WinRAR
6.21
Rating
Compress files and folders into RAR and ZIP archives.
7-Zip
22.01
FREE
Rating
Pack and unpack the most common archive file formats for free.
WinZip
27.0.15240
Rating
Compress, decompress, share, organize, and manage files in ZIP and ZIPX formats.
PeaZip
9.0.0
FREE
Rating
Free file archiver utility, open 7Z ISO TAR RAR ZIP ZIPX archives (200+ formats).
PowerArchiver
21.00.18
Rating
Compress files, extract archive content and compile ISO images.

Download torrents, videos and any files

µTorrent (uTorrent)
3.6.0.46716
Rating
Easy-to-use BitTorrent download client for Windows OS.
Internet Download Manager
6.41.6
Rating
Increases download speeds by up to 5 times, resumes and schedules downloads.
Free Download Manager
6.18.1.4920
FREE
Rating
A powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.
BitTorrent
7.11.0.0
FREE
Rating
It is a light client which allows you to make fast and reliable downloads.

Communicate with your friends

Skype
8.94.0.428
FREE
Rating
Chat and make audio/video calls with your friends.
WhatsApp
2.2306.9
FREE
Rating
Send and receive WhatsApp messages, photos, and files on your desktop.
Viber
19.2
FREE
Rating
Send free messages and make free calls to other Viber users.
Facebook Messenger
550.7.119
FREE
Rating
This is a messaging service to stay in touch with friends and see recent news.
ICQ
22.12.1.47798
FREE
ICQ
Rating
It allows you to make video calls and chat with your friends.

Best media players

VLC media player
3.0.18
FREE
Rating
Plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, etc.
The KMPlayer
4.2.2.73
FREE
Rating
Enjoy your favorite movies with an all-round player.
Winamp
5.9.1
FREE
Rating
Winamp player is designed to cover the large area of media file types.
GOM Player
2.3.84.5352
FREE
Rating
Feature-rich media player with support for the most popular codecs and formats.
BSPlayer
2.78
FREE
Rating
BSPlayer plays standard media files and streaming contents.

Top software

Google Chrome
FREE
Rating
Surf the Internet securely on a multi-tabbed modern web browser.
WinRAR
Rating
Compress files and folders into RAR and ZIP archives.
Firefox
FREE
Rating
Browse the Internet and download files without worrying about privacy.
VLC media player
FREE
Rating
Plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, etc.
Intel Processor Graphics Driver
FREE
Rating
Provides improved graphics performance adn 3D video capabilities.
Skype
FREE
Rating
Chat and make audio/video calls with your friends.
Microsoft OneDrive
FREE
Rating
Securely store and access your important files in the Cloud.
µTorrent (uTorrent)
Rating
Easy-to-use BitTorrent download client for Windows OS.
CCleaner
FREE
Rating
Keep your PC free of junk data, leftovers and all other unnecessary files.
TeamViewer
FREE
Rating
Connect to and control remote computers and mobile devices.
Internet Download Manager
Rating
Increases download speeds by up to 5 times, resumes and schedules downloads.
7-Zip
FREE
Rating
Pack and unpack the most common archive file formats for free.
iTunes
FREE
Rating
Organize and enjoy the music, movies, and TV shows on your computer.
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
FREE
Rating
Open, view, sign, annotate, and share PDF documents.