From: "Rindler Sigurd" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <3f417603$1_4@news.uncensored-news.com> <1fzzb6m.1s4jptf1v9w81sN@yahoobb219000172005.bbtec.net> Subject: Re: Antivirus software question Lines: 51 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: news.uncensored-news.com Message-ID: <3f42e04c_3@news.uncensored-news.com> X-Comment: NOTICE: Uncensored-News.Com does not condone, nor support, spam, illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Report-Abuse-To: http://www.uncensored-news.com/terms.html#13 X-T.O.S.: http://www.uncensored-news.com/terms.html Date: 20 Aug 2003 02:43:24 GMT Organization: Uncensored-News.Com $9.95 Uncensored Newsgroups. Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf2.xephion.ne.jp!feed2.sphere.ad.jp!feed1.sphere.ad.jp!giga-nspixp2!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!129.250.35.142.MISMATCH!iad-feed.news.verio.net!ord-feed.news.verio.net!feed.uncensored-news.com!news.uncensored-news.com!news.uncensored-news.com!not-for-mail Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:4595 > > I have upgraded my OS to Windows XP and want "Trend Micro PC-cillin 2003". > > I use 4 exchangeable drawer-type hard drives with different operating > > systems in one computer. Can I use the same copy of PC-cillin since the same > > computer is being used? Or do I need the 'overkill package' for 5 licenses > > (downloadable)? > > One computer (CPU), one license. > Haaa... that's what I thought, too! Some guys at another NG interpreted it as ONE computer/ONE hard disk. I am not going to study law books to find out, or to hire a lawyer to do it for me. As I found out, PC-cillin makes it impossible to install on more than one computer. Haven't tried it another HD on the same machine yet... Anyway, one shouldn't give to much weight to software agreements which are compiled by commercial enterprises in the USA. Some of them are simply invalid in Germany as I have read in German computer magazines. There might be similar cases in Japan. It should be clear for Microsoft which is well established and has a base here, but not so for many of the unknown software companies... > Why bother? This one is free: > > http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php > Yes, I use it for my computers in the coffee shop (not networked). Seems to be good. > Or, are you talking about your network (commercial) computers? > > This one is really good, you can set it to automatically update, with > new virii, it is about every 2-3 days or so on average. I set mine up > to update every week. That is, on the PC I use... > It's commercial, but they are not networked... except for two computers. However, they are not connected to the Internet. AVG should be OK for these machines. Sigi ______________________________________________________________________ Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - FAST UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD - http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>