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Second that re AVG (none / 0) (#6)
by Anonymous User on Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 10:10:20 AM PDT

I gave up on NAV a few years ago when it became impossible to renew subscriptions on several clients' computers... I finally realized that the package had to be upgraded but their system didn't make this clear at all, wound up wasting a lot of time.

After using AVG free version on a system at home for a year or so, they offered a bundle upgrade, $55 for 2 years of AVG and a copy of Kerio Personal Firewall. I'd been happy with ZoneAlarm (free version) but gave this a try.

AVG 7.0 is now working flawlessly, although the two-stage licensing procedure seems like an activation scheme, not sure about this. Admittedly I haven't changed anything on this system but it's working like a charm. I like Kerio as well although it's more of a handful than ZoneAlarm to get configured fully.

Any other input on Activation re AVG? I don't like activation schemes either but it occurred to me that antivirus software may be one situation where a vendor could make a pretty good case for it as their workload -- daily updates -- increases with every machine running their product. As I said, I don't even know if it's a true activation scheme or not, didn't really pay a lot of attention to it. But it's working fine with absolutely no hiccups whatsoever.



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