Online Shopping hints, joys, pitfalls

I got a new Dell Inspiron back in November and it came with a trial for PC-cillin Internet Security 14. I’m going to buy a year subscription for
Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 as it seemed to work well. When you go to the site it seems like they are phasing out the term PC-cillin.

The trial didn’t slow my XP PC down and even caught a couple of minor viruses. The firewall seems smart enough but not as intrusive as ZoneAlarm. It can scan in the background without noticing a drop in performance. Of course that is with a new PC with 2 gigs of RAM and the Intel Duo.

It seems like I have played with a lot of different antiviruses this year. It seems that in spite of the fancy reviews that none of them are perfect. This one does let you use it on 3 PCs for $49.99, so if you have multiple computers like we do that’s not too bad.

I’ve not had great results lately with merchants who sell remanufactured or refilled ink cartridges. I have new hopes in IowaInk.com.

I am going to give them a try by ordering an HP 78 which is the color inkjet cartridge. There price looks to be right at $16 for their 38ml version. I always want to know how much ink they have. It looks like the shipping is free. I’ll end here for know and update after it gets here and is tried.

Update 12/03/2007: It’s looking real food for IowaInk.com. They got the cartridge to me in 2 days via USPS and the shipping was free. It works just fine in the printer. Looks like they are worthy of promotion.

Hopefully you aren’t like me and asleep at the wheel when it comes to Credit Card rewards. I have several cards dating back over the years. One of the newer ones keeps hyping "what’s in your wallet" and it got me to thinking about  rewards.

Rewards are somtimes referred to as miles or points. The revelation came when I realized that all my other older cards had no rewards. When I really felt dumb was after calling all my card companies and shifting to rewards based accounts. Sometimes they issue a new card, but on one they let me keep the old number.

They each have several plans so take the time to get the one right for you. In talking to friends and relatives about rewards it’s obvious that a lot of others have been asleep at the wheel also.

Panda Antivirus 2007 might be for you if like an easy install and simple interface controls. The 36.5 MB download took right at 30 minutes to install and configure. It did a little pre-install scan and wiped out 19 cookies. It then installed and updated it’s virus definitions all in the 30 minutes.

The down side for me is that it treats cookies like they were just about all bad. I usually run open to all cookies and never hardly delete any. There is just way to much negative hype against cookies nowadays. It seems like all the security utility sellers profit from scaring you. Continue Here…

I’m starting a trial tommorrow of Panda  Antivirus 2007. As posted earlier I have moved away from Norton. I am finishing the trial of Avast Antivirus on my work PC, and the cost to register it is looking a little pricey.

I am going to do a review of Panda Antivirus 2007 via their 30 day Free trial. The "Free Trial" link is in the upper right of their page. Continue Here…