For people who are used to just utilizing defaults apps in their computers, they are missing a lot because there are a lot of free apps that users could download which are extremely useful for their everyday computer-related tasks.

One of the reasons why people are not really keen on downloading these apps is because they are afraid that downloading these apps would involve certain security risks or it would have hidden charges. This is not the case for most apps and users could also research beforehand in order to learn more about the apps that they are downloading.

Here is a guide of the best free apps for computers:

Ad-Aware Free Internet Security

This app is considered as the best anti-malware available for users according to PCMag.com. Ad-aware is considered as effective app in finding malware in computers. It is also considered as effective in blocking it as well. Most anti-malware software do not offer both of this capability. It is usually just the finding and not blocking or vice versa. The "free version" that it offers is actually equal with the "Pro version".

True Crypt

As the name suggests, this is an encryption program which could provide added security for users. This creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. It also has the ability to encrypt an entire partition or storage devices like USB flash drive or external hard drives. Sensitive files deserve added security and this app would certainly provide this.

Notepad++

Most computer users are familiar with Notepad because it one of the features that Windows left unchanged for the past years. It is a free source code editor that could support several languages. Through Notepad++, it retains most of the basic features of the original notepad and added some note-worthy changes. One of which is that it supports more than one document and it has the feature to highlight HTML or programming code using recognizable colors.

Audacity

For Audio-related needs, Audacity is the best choice because it has a lot of features included in this app. Audacity is a free, open source software that specializes in recording and editing sounds. Audacity could record live audio, convert tapes and record it into digital recording/CDs, cut/copy/splice or mix sounds together, and many more. This app is helpful for users who are into sound production.

7-Zip

7-Zip is an app which is an app that can archive different files that have a high compression ratio. The user interface of this app is not that attractive but it compensates with the amount of files that can be stored into 7z, TAR, ZIP, RAR, etc. This app can integrate into Windows 7 and can support different formats. Best of all, it can be used in any computer and users need not to pay anything or register in order to access this app.