Shankar Ganesh

Hey everyone! If you’re a frequent Orkut user (I’m sure many of my Indian friends are), this is a warning for you:

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Norton Antivirus was the first piece of antivirus software that I installed on my system (that’s because a Norton CD accompanied my computer when I purchased it). I was watching it running for a few days, and then I got annoyed. Installation was hectic and after restart, my PC only got slower.

Then, I heard about AVG Free Edition from somewhere and installed it. I’ve been using AVG for years, and I’ve never looked back. It’s one best antivirus solutions for slow computers with less resources. But, it’s good to try alternatives.

A few weeks ago, I read a post on Kyle’s blog talking about Avast Anti-Virus. Upon his recommendation, I decided to give it a try. At first, I thought it’d just be another resource hungry antivirus program. But it wasn’t. Even the real time scanning feature offered by Avast didn’t make my system slower.

Avast has some very interesting features and is highly configurable. Avast impressed me, and I think I’m going to stay with it.

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In this age of having tens of online accounts for services ranging from emails to ecommerce, remembering passwords is a hefty task. There are many password managers that let you store passwords securely, and these tools have even migrated to the online world. Many [tag]online password managers[/tag] are now available for you to keep track of passwords. Let me review four of them here.

I’m not gonna go into reviewing their encryption stuff and that, what I’m gonna see is the usability factor.

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Okay it’s a cliche but let me tell you again . Here are my tips:

• Don’t use phone numbers, birthdays, names of your friends, relatives as a password.
• Don’t use dictionary words for a password – this is very important.
• Don’t just use alphabets. Always mix up numbers and symbols, uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Don’t use the same password for all your online accounts.
• Don’t have the same passwords for a long period of time. Make sure you change them in a regular time interval.
• Don’t write down your password.
• Don’t reveal your password to your friends and family.

If you have anything to say, add your views in the comments!