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Introduction

This article covers a set of necessary free software for a personal computer. All programs 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 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 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 free version of a firewall from Outpost.

Outpost firewall analyzes program 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 installed. It works pretty much the same as products from Agnitum and Kerio, which are a bit 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 photoshop CS5 rus plug-in support can be found.

As an alternative, Farstone Image Viewer and FastPictureViewer can be mentioned.

Download managers

To simplify the download process of multiple files there are download managers. We would advise trying Download Master. This utility can integrate itself in different browsers. There is also an option to start downloads by schedule, set the number of simultaneous downloads and download speed. It can also adjust the download speed according to activity of other software, which use internet connection. Download Master also includes an FTP-client.