Have a Techie Halloween: Free Downloads, Crazy Light Shows, and Creepy Games

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I've got mixed feelings about Halloween. On the upside, it involves kids (and pets) in adorable costumes and implicit permission to eat lots of candy. The downside is that Thanksgiving and Christmas follow close on its heels. By the time Halloween rolls around, I feel like I'm already behind the holiday eight ball. This week I put together a collection of free downloads to take my mind off the impending holidays, including a freakish zombie-Jack-o-lantern wallpaper, several macabre fonts, a PCWorld exclusive Windows 7 themes devoted to Dia de los Muertes--the festive Mexican Day of the Dead celebrated throughout the Americas--and much more. Also this week I've dug up a Halloween special from 2010 that shows you how to make your own Jack-o-lantern PC. --Kim Saccio-Kent, Newsletter Editor Top Story Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. 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Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. If you're planning a Halloween party instead of making your holiday gift list, how about printing out invitations in a Ghoulish font? And if you're busily hanging up paper ghosts and spider webs, don't neglect your computer: We've got several free wallpapers and desktop themes to choose from, including a festive Day of the Dead theme and mutant zombie-jack-o-lantern wallpaper. --Kim Saccio-Kent Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • Sponsored Downloads Mamutu - 1 YearMonitor your computer in real time for dangerous behavior. Mamutu blocks malicious activities by recognizing new and unknown Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers, worms, viruses, spyware, adware and rootkits. Featuring a small resource footprint, you wont even know its installed--until it saves you from a dangerous intrusion. 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