Essential Downloads

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Kara Dunlap in Downloads

PDF Reader

  Adobe Reader – Adobe Reader is the most popular program in the world for viewing, creating, managing and manipulating PDF (Portable Document Format) files. It is the standard that all other PDF readers are judged against. Publically released in 1993, Adobe Reader was originally priced at $50 per user before Adobe separated its product range to offer Adobe Reader freeware and their professional Adobe Acrobat versions. PDF became the file format of choice for businesses thanks to its cross platform flexibility and security capabilities.

Beowser

  Google Chrome – Google’s game changing browser Chrome combines sophisticated technology with a simple UI, to create a faster, safer and easier browsing experience. Launched in 2008, Google Chrome quickly dominated the browser market to become the most used browser globally within 4 years of its public release. Google’s rapid and continuous development cycle ensures the browser continues to compete with the other most popular and advanced web browsers available.

Firefox – Mozilla Firefox is a fast, light and tidy open source web browser. At its public launch in 2004 Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to challenge Microsoft Internet Explorer’s dominance. Since then, Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top 3 most popular browsers globally. The key features that have made Mozilla Firefox so popular are the simple and effective UI, browser speed and strong security capabilities. The browser is particularly popular with developers thanks to its open source development and active community of advanced users.

Security and Anti-Virus

AVG Free Edition – VG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus plus antispyware security for Windows accessible to download for free. Additionally, the hot included LinkScanner.  Active Surf-Shield checks webpage for threats at truly the only time which issues – whenever you’re going to click which link.

CCleaner – Probably the top freeware cleaner worldwide with over 1 billion downloads because its release inside 2003. Piriform’s CCleaner is a fast plus user friendly system that makes the computer quicker, more secure plus more reliable.

Editor

  Notepad++ – Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL Licence.