Q&A What software have you bought and don't regret!?

[Mountainking]

Adguard Lifetime (Many licences) - I'd rather have a bit slower page loading that seeing any ads.
Pure VPN (5 years) - Helpful for geo blocks
Solveig Video Splitter 6/7

 

[roger_m]

• 360 Total Security Premium
• BulletVPN lifetime license
• EaseUS Partition Master Pro lifetime license
• Internet Download Accelerator Pro
• SoftMaker Office 2018

I may think of more later.

 

[ANNOx]

Malwarebytes pro lifetime

 

[Bonorex]

PureVPN (5 years license)
IvacyVPN (lifetime license at a very good price)
Macrium Reflect 7 Home
Bitdefender Mobile Security 2 years' license - I like that it checks account breaches at no extra cost
KIS 20 2 years' license

 

[amirr]

• 360 Total Security Premium
• BulletVPN lifetime license
• EaseUS Partition Master Pro lifetime license
• Internet Download Accelerator Pro
• SoftMaker Office 2018

I may think of more later.

Does Internet Download Accelerator Pro, add browser addons or not?
I ask this because I have Internet Download Manager: the fastest download accelerator and it does add browser extensions which I don't like.

 

[Minimalist]

Macrium Reflect
Total Commander
Kaspersky IS
Eset IS
Emsisoft AM

 

[mkoundo]

Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus (bargain price £20.99)
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Home

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Don't buy a lot, but don't regret these:

Appguard (lifetime)
Malwarebytes (lifetime)
Shadow Defender (lifetime)
Emsisoft AM
Online Armour

 

[Protomartyr]

Malwarebytes (lifetime license)
Microsoft Office 2013 (heavily discounted from college days)

 

[roger_m]

Does Internet Download Accelerator Pro, add browser addons or not?

It has a browser extension which I disabled. I want to use my browser for most downloads, but with the extension enabled, it wanted to download everything with IDA, even though I had it configured to only download large files with IDA.

 

[WhiteMouse]

Adguard
WinRAR

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Adguard
WinRAR

Why?
Both have free superior and open source alternatives

 

[Jan Willy]

Why?
Both have free superior and open source alternatives

Probably everybody knows that. The point is that one has already paid for it. Then it's not so easy to say goodbye to the software.

 

[Mountainking]

Adguard
WinRAR

What is the free and superior alternative to Adguard? (Something that works system wide and is updated regularly)

 

[amirr]

What is the free and superior alternative to Adguard? (Something that works system wide and is updated regularly)

uBlock Origin

 

[amirr]

I have never used Adguard, is it better than uBlock Origin?

 

[mlnevese]

I have never used Adguard, is it better than uBlock Origin?

It acts system wide so it can offer things like dns over https to the entire system. It also do cosmetic changes to the page so there are no holes in the page where the ads were. You can always test it in your system if you want to. There is a 30-day trial.

 

[FALLEN]

I remember of these;

• Windows 10 Pro
• AdGuard (lifetime)
• GlassWire Elite (lifetime)
• Windscribe VPN (lifetime)
• WinRAR (lifetime)
• Malwarebytes (lifetime)
• IDM (lifetime)
• ExpressVPN
• Emsisoft Anti-Malware

 

[amirr]

It acts system wide so it can offer things like dns over https to the entire system. It also do cosmetic changes to the page so there are no holes in the page where the ads were. You can always test it in your system if you want to. There is a 30-day trial.

It has also a standalone browser extension, so I don't need to install the desktop app itself, right?

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

What is the free and superior alternative to Adguard? (Something that works system wide and is updated regularly)

Pi hole is the most popular system wpde example here and ublock origin as a browser extension