I’m not a fan of shareware, as there are tons of freeware apps which act as an alternative. I see many of my friends spending money on Anti-viruses, Firewalls etc. because they think that these shareware apps are better than the free ones.
Shareware is not bad, for example, Gimp can’t replace Photoshop. But unless and until it’s worth it, you should keep avoiding shareware. Here are a few types of softwares you never really need to buy.
1#. Anti-Viruses
Finally, sometimes common sense is all you need to remove viruses from your Windows.
Link: Microsoft Security Essentials
#2. Registry Cleaners
The web is full of these crappy registry cleaners advertisements which literally do nothing, they rarely effect the performance of Windows.
#3. Maintenance Softwares
As Windows is evolving, system maintenance is getting automated and you don’t need a special software for that, though, it’s good to have CCleaner.
Link: CCleaner
#4. Backup and Sync
#5. Download Accelerators
Download accelerators like DAP (Download Accelerator Pro), IDM (Internet Download Manager) etc. offer premium version of their apps, if you end up buying such softwares, here are a few freeware apps which do the same thing, for free.
Down Them All
If you use Firefox, you must have already knew about this, it’s the best download manager built into a browser. Unfortunately, it’s not available for other browsers, nor as a standalone app.
Link: DownThemAll
Microsoft Download Manager
Developed my Microsoft itself, has a clean UI and does what it suppose to do. Although, I would recommend Down Them All over Microsoft Download Manager.
Link: Microsoft Download Manager
These are just the top 5, CD/DVD burning softwares like Nero are also really not worth buying (when is the last time you used a CD burner?). In this web, a percentage of paid apps are just bloatware. They are stuffed with unnecessary features which increase the size of it and certainly the price of it will also be high.
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I’ve been very pleased with Microsoft Security Essentials and recommend it highly – plus, very light on resources.