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McAfee Manual Updating
Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? |
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Clearly not legally. Could you get them of a warez site? Possibly, but does
it seem very bright to steal something that could be a virus itself? "Vince" wrote in message ... Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? |
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:24:06 GMT, "Tom Scales"
wrote: Clearly not legally. Could you get them of a warez site? Possibly, but does it seem very bright to steal something that could be a virus itself? "Vince" wrote in message .. . Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? On my previous computer I ran Norton Systems. There was easy manual downloading from the Symantec website of the virus signature updates. I am wondering if McAfee offers the same opportunity. |
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"Vince" wrote in message
... On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:24:06 GMT, "Tom Scales" wrote: Clearly not legally. Could you get them of a warez site? Possibly, but does it seem very bright to steal something that could be a virus itself? "Vince" wrote in message . .. Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? On my previous computer I ran Norton Systems. There was easy manual downloading from the Symantec website of the virus signature updates. I am wondering if McAfee offers the same opportunity. Vince, You can download the SuperDat file from the link Kenneth provides. I can't assure you that it will install and update a retail trial version but you can try. However, as Tom points out this could be considered steeling or using the software outside it's license agreement. Remember that AV companies and the like do all us users a service by providing security software. This software isn't developed for free and comparatively AV software is CHEAP. Support the AV provider by going out and buying a legal copy of the software. HTH Rob |
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Vince wrote: Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? There are several good anti-virus applications that are free, such as Grisoft's AVG at http://www.grisoft.com/. Remove McAfee and as many of its vestiges as possible. Download AVG and install. As for other security features, a free, basic firewall is ZoneAlarm, from http://www.zonealarm.com/. And for anti-adware, there is also Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. But the standard caveat remains: For anything beyond basic protection or services, expect to pay for them. |
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There was an old trick everyone use with Norton's Anti Virus that was to uninstall and reinstall it just before the subscription was up.
That reset the one year subscription basis for one more year (and it was legal as well - I always reinstalled Win 98/ME/2000 machines at least once a year no matter what). They fixed this finally in the SystemWorks 2005 version (but there are still ways around it). You could try and see if McAfeeCrap works the same way (don't know, it was the absolute first DellWare I removed & never tried it.) If it doesn't work there are web sites where you can get the latest definitions (do a search as they tend to come and go). Not kosher, but that's "your" karma. Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? |
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Verizon wrote: There was an old trick everyone use with Norton's Anti Virus that was to uninstall and reinstall it just before the subscription was up. That reset the one year subscription basis for one more year (and it was legal as well - I always reinstalled Win 98/ME/2000 machines at least once a year no matter what). They fixed this finally in the SystemWorks 2005 version (but there are still ways around it). You could try and see if McAfeeCrap works the same way (don't know, it was the absolute first DellWare I removed & never tried it.) IIRC, Symantec found a way to block such re-installs of its subscription applications. It involved the LiveUpdate module that is used for uploading anti-virus definitions. Re-install just places an old version into the Symantec common folder and it will be detected when an update is requested. Beyond a number of months, perhaps 18 months, no more uploads of the definitions. Re-subscrube and the LiveUpdate module is updated. Consider it a form of "activation". |
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:52:09 GMT, "Verizon"
wrote: There was an old trick everyone use with Norton's Anti Virus that was to uninstall and reinstall it just before the subscription was up. That reset the one year subscription basis for one more year (and it was legal as well - I always reinstalled Win 98/ME/2000 machines at least once a year no matter what). They fixed this finally in the SystemWorks 2005 version (but there are still ways around it). You could try and see if McAfeeCrap works the same way (don't know, it was the absolute first DellWare I removed & never tried it.) If it doesn't work there are web sites where you can get the latest definitions (do a search as they tend to come and go). Not kosher, but that's "your" karma. Trial version of McAfee Antivirus/Security Center bundled on my XPS Gen 4 has expired. Is there any way for me to freely download anti-virus signature updates manually, w/o an annual subscription ? Well, yesterday I received an alert from the McAfee popup claiming an instant 10.00$us online discount toward their anti-virus. I jumped on this offer and now I feel relived that I have anti-virus protection again. Yes, I happened across that trick with Norton System Works 2000. |
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Vince wrote:
Well, yesterday I received an alert from the McAfee popup claiming an instant 10.00$us online discount toward their anti-virus. I jumped on this offer and now I feel relived that I have anti-virus protection again. Yes, I happened across that trick with Norton System Works 2000. Why not just use AVG Free AnitVirus and avoid the work-arounds? |
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