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Introduction

This article covers a set of necessary freeware for a personal computer. All programs mentioned in this article 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 programs are. Firewalls serve to protect your computer from network attacks. 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, a firewall will inform you of this. 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 free 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 an alternative Comodo Personal Firewall can be used. It works pretty much the same as products from Agnitum and Kerio, which are a somewhat more complicate to set up.

Image Viewers

For viewing and minor image editing we advise using XNView. Among interesting options of this software, ability to edit multiple images, making panoramic images, screen capture, and Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended plug-in support are worth mentioning.

As another choice , Farstone Image Viewer and FastPictureViewer can be suggested.

Browser

There are several main browsers: Internet Explorer, Opera ac rus, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Each one has its plusses and minuses. We suggest you trying each one of them, and then chose the one you like most of all. We made our decision towards Opera. The main idea of Opera is that it includes almost everything you might need. It is quite fast and moderate towards RAM usage.

The main plus of Firefox is its extendibility with plug-ins. Chrome is characterized by high page load speed and minimalistic design. The main benefit of Internet Explorer is compatibility.