A set of necessary software for a PCcompatible with the operating system windows
Introduction
This article covers a set of necessary free software for a PC. All software products mentioned in here have a freeware status and can be used absolutely legally and downloaded from shara-soft.ru website.
Firewall
Let us say a couple of words on what firewall software is. Firewalls serve to protect your computer from network threats. Firewalls filter everything that goes through the network and also they can analyze program activity. If any program does not behave well and wants to send unwanted information from your computer, your firewall will inform you of the attempt. However, to be honest, the extent of Windows Firewall operation will be enough for most users. If you needs advance protection, you can easily use a freeware version of a firewall from Outpost.
Outpost firewall analyzes software activity. After it is installed, it will learn what various software, installed on your computer, can do and what it can’t.
As another choice Comodo Personal Firewall can be installed. It works pretty much the same as products from Agnitum and Kerio, which are a bit more complicate to set up.
CD/DVD emulators
From a paid version of the program Alcohol 120 for windows 7, the free version is different only in not being able to burn disks. Using this program you have to be careful. If you check the checkbox for ‘Ignore media type’ in program settings, the system will consider all CDs inserted in the drive as non-recordable and will refuse to burn them. To resolve this issue the check box needs to be left unchecked.
Data restore
Sometimes there is a need to restore data deleted by mistake. When you delete files from your trash can, the data is not actually erased from your hard-drive, only record about this data is deleted. You can use Recuva to restore deleted data. Just select the hard-drive from which data was deleted and click ‘Analyze’. Restored data needs to be saved on another logical drive to eliminate rewriting. There is also a good restore wizard in this program. So heh recommend a very handy program for video processing VirtualDub 1.9.3.