Free Software & Tools for Microsoft Windows

Internet

• Google Chrome – One of the most popular internet browsers.
• Brave – “The best privacy online”.
• Mozilla FireFox – “A non-profit dedicated to internet health and privacy” Open Source browser.

Security

• AVG Antivirus – An anti-virus for all our connected devices (free & paid version available).
• Malwarebytes – Scan and remove malware (free & paid version available).

Multimedia

• Audacity – Edit audio files for free, create your own music.
• HandBrake – Tool for converting video from nearly any format to a slection of modern codecs.
• OpenShot Video Editor – Free video editing tool, you are the director and editor.
• VLC – Free video player for a wide range of standard video formats.
• WinAMP – MP3 player and more, new version now available after years of revamp!!

Office

• LibreOffice – Do more, quicker and simply.
• Apache OpenOffice – Open Office for the PC user.
• Mozilla ThunderBird – Open Source email client (portable version available).

Graphics

• GIMP – GNU Open Source Adobe Photoshop alternative.
• Paint.NET – Like paint, but free.

Tools

• Advanced IP Scanner – Scan your home/oofice network quickly for all connected devices.
• AnyDesk – Remote access for your desktop/laptop (paid version available).
• CCleaner – Scan and remove unwanted files.
• Cobian Backup – A popular freeware backup tool.
• CrystalDisk – HDD/SSD utility software.
• CPUID – Scan your CPU for benchmarking and health.
• FileZilla – Free FTP solution.
• NotePad++ – Free source code editor.
• TeamViewer – Remote access for your desktop/laptop (paid version available).
• TeraCopy – Copy your files faster.
• TreeSize – Want to Know Where Your Disk Space Has Gone?.
• SplashTop – Remote access for your desktop/laptop (paid version available).
• WinRar – Compress and encrypt files (paid version available).
• 7-Zip – A file archiver with a high compression ratio.

VPN

/!\ we strongly recommend using a paid VPN service /!\

• ProtonVPN Free – FREE plan.
• Hotspot Shield Free VPN – FREE plan.
• AVG VPN – PAID VERSION ONLY – starting from 4.49€/mois
• ExpressVPN – PAID VERSION ONLY – starting from 8.88€/mois (for 12 months)
• NordVPN – PAID VERSION ONLY – starting from 2.99€/mois

Communication

• Skype – Part of the Miscrosoft family.
• Telegram – “messages are heavily encrypted and can self-destruct. Synced…Lets you access your chats from multiple devices”.
• WhatsApp – “Fast, simple, secure messaging and calling”.