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autorenewal, NOT (none / 0) (#1)
by aoz on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 02:25:51 AM PDT

I despise autorenewals. suppose you've quit using the product? suppose you've quit using that machine? all they ahve to do is have a subroutine built into their program, so that when your computer goes online, to get autoupdates, it checks date, and if you are BEYOND date, have giant screen that flashes up - YOU need to RENEW - either ACCEPT or DECLINE - and realize that by DECLINING you are LOSING valuable virus PROTECTION - and just flash this message every time the system checks for updates of the virus program @@ then you can NEVER say you were not aware that your program expired @@@ ALSO, to counter this, always use single-use virtual credit card numbers ! nick



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