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SHPL - INTERNET LINKS
Consumer Savvy
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Consumer Savvy Government
and Consumer Sites
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Privacy and Internet Tools
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 | Spychecker is a registry of
spyware. Check the software you’re downloading to see their privacy statements. |
| Spybot Search and Destroy
looks for spyware and other problems on your computer. Use the fix
button. Has download and usage directions. Won a PC Award in 2004. |
| Shields Up! for a free test of your computer’s vulnerability. |
| SpamCop offers information on spam and how to prevent it. |
| SpamBuster
offers a free and cost version. It requires a POP3 email account such as provided
from a local internet service provider and does not support proprietary email such as AOL ,
Compuserve, MSN, Juno, or
web-based mail accounts such as Yahoo, or Hotmail. |
| Junkbusters: Get Guidescope to block banner ads. |
| Panicware offers free & cost versions of software to stop pop-up ads. |
| Surf in Peace is a free utility for PCs to stop unwanted ads. |
| Ad Aware will remove spyware and pop-up ads. |
| Bugnosis free utlility to find out who’s tracking you on the web and more. Reveal Web Bugs. |
| Spamotomy claims to help you find the right anti-spam tool and help cut unwanted e-mail. |
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Browser Updates & Virus Protection Software
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| Update Windows
from Microsoft. Works on all versions of Windows. |
| Netscape Navigator lets
you upgrade your browser at no charge to the current edition. |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer
lets you upgrade your browser at no charge to the current edition. |
| McAfee is virus
protection software and can be purchased online. Current subscribers can
download updates or set the program for auto-update. |
| Symantec Symantec, from
Norton, is also a virus protection program that can be purchased online.
Current subscribers can download updates or set the program for
auto-update. |
| AVG is a new virus
protection choice. They offer a free home version with less features.
Click on products, choose free home version. Offers auto update. |
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Expert Help Sites and Shopping Advice
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| Protonic has free advice from volunteer tech support experts |
| Consumer Review claims to have “unbiased product reviews generated by other consumers like you.” |
| Epinions has reviews provided by consumers who’ve used the product. |
| Safe Shopping from the American Bar Association teaches a smarter, safer way to shop online. |
| PayPal allows anyone with an email address to send or receive payments online. Often used for auction sites. |
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Price Comparison Sites
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Price comparison sites each work differently. Read the "about" statements on the site to see how they choose merchants and price comparisons. Also check to see if vendors pay a fee to be included. Some include shipping costs and other do not.
| MySimon compares
products and prices from around the web. |
| DealTime searches for the best deals and
gives you a list of merchants and prices. |
| Pricescan searches
merchants and lists the results in price order. |
| Price Grabber for all-around shopping comparisons. |
| BizRate is another
comparison site |
| Esmarts also offers
comparison shopping. |
| SalesCircular lets you check out the weekly ads for your area. Find out who's offering rebates and more. |
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Unique Shopping Sites and some "Best of"
online stores
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Unique Shopping Sites
For other shopping sites, try this sampling (this list should not be
taken as a recommendation from the library, it is simply a listing from
several "best of" articles and web sites):
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Freebies and Coupons
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CAUTION: These sites may ask for your e-mail
address or snail mail address. If you want to participate, it would be
better to use a free, web-based e-mail address instead of your "home"
account.
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