Best apps for a new computer

[grnerd]

I apologize in advance if this question has been asked a million times before, I did do a quick search, but did not find anything current.

I have a new computer coming in the next couple of days, and I want to know what you all think are the essential apps to load on it. I plan on stripping off any bloatware I find out of the box, and my old standby app list has probably gotten a little stale.

I am looking for suggestions on:

Security (I used to always add AVG, Spybot, Adaware, and rely on my router for firewall protection but I know there is probably a better combination these days)

Productivity (I have used Open Office in the past, but I see that LibreOffice is becoming quite popular)

Utility (vlc, uTorrent, Gimp, Handbrake, etc.)

Anything else that you use as a standard that you might want to suggest.

Thanks in advance for your feedback

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/242173-49-free-software-links-updated-2011

Take a look here ^

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

* Avast Free
http/www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

* Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free
http/www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

* Superantispyware Free Edition
http/www.superantispyware.com/index.html

* Revo Uninstaller Free
http/download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html

* CCleaner
http/www.piriform.com/ccleaner

* VLC
http/www.videolan.org/vlc/

* Media Player Classic
http/mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

* OpenOffice
http/www.openoffice.org/

* Firefox
http/www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/

* Google Chrome
http/www.google.com/chrome

* Speccy
http/www.piriform.com/speccy

A few of my suggestions ^

[:aford10:8] To the Forum

 

[nikorr]

To add a few more,

Comodo Firewall for Windows
http/personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html?key6subkey1=&key6subkey2=CH1608990&key6subkey3=7&key6subkey4=en-us&key6subkey5=US&key6subkey6=1&key6subkey7=personalfirewall.comodo.com%2F&key6subkey8=1101&key6subkey9=19201080&key6subkey10=true

ImgBurn
http/www.filehippo.com/download_imgburn/

Process Explorer
http/www.filehippo.com/download_process_explorer/

Auslogics Disk Defrag
http/www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

Unlocker
http/www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/

Clonezilla
http/clonezilla.org/

Q-dir
http/www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir

Recuva
http/www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/

 

[grnerd]

Thanks for the input. Still a lot to choose from. Is anyone using Microsoft Security Essentials? I am curious if it is bloated or relatively lightweight.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's not bad but i would probably go with Avast!

 

[nikorr]

Thanks for the input. Still a lot to choose from. Is anyone using Microsoft Security Essentials? I am curious if it is bloated or relatively lightweight.

That is an entry-level security.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I use GDATA Internet Security with Malwarebytes Pro,and Superantispyware Pro!Gdata incorporates two antivirus engines under one GUI!I use paid versions for my own security!