Best Free Software For Your Computer

Learn about and download some of the best and most useful free software programs for your computer.

YouTube Downloader is a simple program that allows you to download your favorite videos from YouTube and a few other video sites in the highest available quality. It also allows you to convert downloaded mp4 videos into other video formats such as avi and even extract the audio to create mp3 files from downloaded videos.

Piriform's CCleaner is the best software for cleaning your Windows PC. It removes unused files from your system so that Windows runs faster and it frees up valuable hard disk space from your computer as well. It also sweeps away traces of your online activities and internet history so you stay more secure. You can also control Start-up programs from CCleaner, - that is, control which programs run automatically when you start Windows. It even has a fully-featured registry cleaner for added cleaning power.

DAEMON Tools Lite is the most popular program that allows you to make simple disc image files (e.g. ISO files) for easy backup of CDs and DVDs and emulate virtual CD/DVD drives so that your computer can play these disc image files without having to burn them onto a CD or DVD. It is highly useful especially when playing games that require you to insert a disc everytime you play. With DAEMON Tools Lite, you can simply create a disc image of your most frequently played game and have DAEMON Tools Lite automatically mount the disc image for you so you can play without the hassle of having to insert the actual DVD in the drive.

Freemake Video Converter is a very versatile yet easy-to-use video format converter / editor / YouTube uploader / DVD burner / photo slideshow creator / mp3 generator. How's that for versatile? This is currently my favorite software for converting videos for upload to YouTube and I like that it allows me to do simple video editing before video conversion.