It’s spooky time! Happy Halloween to everybody! Here is my greeting card:

Happy Halloween! greeting card.

This card was created with Brushes app on iPod Touch. I am not an artist, but with the app even I can draw something creative and have a lot of fun doing it! More in upcoming posts.

Yesterday’s pick was a keystone of any windows-operating machine, the anti-virus. But this gear is not enough to protect the system. Besides viruses a whole bunch of malware programms are written each day: trojans, keyloggers, spyware, adware…

PC Tools Spyware Doctor is a perfect companion to your anti-virus solution. It runs in the background, monitors your internet activity, prevents downloading and installing malicious software.

There are two options for Spyware Doctor installation. First, buying it from the PC Tools website. And second, downloading the Spyware Doctor Starter Edition as part of Google Pack (a set of really useful free software). I recommend downloading the Starter Edition (which allows regular updates, but has a limited functionality), and checking if it works for you. As far as I know there are a few programs (generally, anti-viruses), Kaspersky Anti-Virus included, that are incompatible with it, and can’t be run at the same time. Other than that there are no serious flaws in the software. It doesn’t load up the system, and has ‘no-brainer’ and ‘advanced’ levels of presentation, scheduling and daily updates. So, gear up, and get protected!

First things first. No internet security is possible without clear understanding what you can and can not do. Don’t open e-mail attachments, don’t click on every link, don’t type in any personal information, etc…

But even if one does follow the guidelines and exercises cautious serfing, there is still a chance for a virus, a tracking cookie, or a malware to penetrate the system. So, it’s always good to have a some kind of anti-virus/spyware detector. My recommendation for today is NOD32 anti-virus, and my tomorrow’s pick will be PC Tools Spyware Doctor, an important component of internet security.

What NOD32 does to my system perfomance – nothing! It’s not a resourse hog at all! What it does to protect me – everything. It has heuristics algorhythms, constantly updated virus signature database, monitor, scanner, e-mail checker.

Tomorrow I’ll review the Spyware Doctor, and show the way of installing the basic free version with Google Pack.

TWiT podcast is the flagship of the TWiT Network

Today’s recommendation is the leading independent tech podcast, This Week in Tech (TWiT).

If you’re into tech, have an ‘old school style’ mind, and a great sense of humor, then this show is for you. Leo Laporte, the author, maker, and the host of this and a dozen of other TWiT Network podcasts, invites top tech guests (Jason Calacanis, Kevin Rose, JC Dvorak, Patrick Norton, to name a few) and does the fun, clever, and up-to-date show.

The TWiT Network also offers free quality podcasts on topics such as kids, food, Windows, Mac, law, gadgetry, and more!

You’re also able to view the live stream of Leo at his TWiT house, and listen to the live audiostream. The podcast duration varies from an hour to hour and forty minutes.