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NOD32 updates? paul_wary 01-01-2006
Posted by on January 1, 2006, 11:18 am
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Hi,

I am thinking about buying NOD32, which I heard is a good virus scanner
that requires very little resources. The latter criterion is very
important to me.

I have a laptop and a desktop computer that are both used only by
myself, so I will never use both simultaneously.
Is it OK with the licence agreement that I can use one NOD32 license
for my laptop and my desktop computer or will I have to buy two
licences?
Can I update both NOD32 versions using the live update function or will
the download server tell me that I have already downloaded the update
before?
If not, how does Eset protect itself against abuse of update keys, if
for example the same key would be used by hundreds of computers? I mean
they must have a means against this type of abuse.

Paul


Posted by Ian Kenefick on January 1, 2006, 11:34 am
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paul_wary@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am thinking about buying NOD32, which I heard is a good virus scanner
> that requires very little resources. The latter criterion is very
> important to me.

NOD32 would be an excellent choice.

> I have a laptop and a desktop computer that are both used only by
> myself, so I will never use both simultaneously.
> Is it OK with the licence agreement that I can use one NOD32 license
> for my laptop and my desktop computer

No. This is not ok. You should speak with sales@eset.com first though.

or will I have to buy two
> licences?

You need to buy two licenses.

> Can I update both NOD32 versions using the live update function or will
> the download server tell me that I have already downloaded the update
> before?

It wont do this. But ESET would probably deactivate your key for abuse.

> If not, how does Eset protect itself against abuse of update keys, if
> for example the same key would be used by hundreds of computers? I mean
> they must have a means against this type of abuse.

Yes. Different AV companies have different methods. Ones I have come
across are ...

[1]F-Secure Update server detects if keys are already in use.
[2]Kaspersky: Use a blacklist which is part of the antivirus database
updates to detect and disable keys which are being abused. ie. Available
on crack websites and so on.
[3]Symantec: Use product activation.
[4]F-Prot & Norman use serial numbers to log into update servers... so I
guess this is how this is monitored.

I'm sure there are plenty of other examples.... I don't know any more of
them right now though :)



--
Ian Kenefick
Email:        ian@ik-cs.com

Posted by Duane Arnold on January 1, 2006, 12:27 pm
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> Hi,
>
> I am thinking about buying NOD32, which I heard is a good virus scanner
> that requires very little resources. The latter criterion is very
> important to me.
>
> I have a laptop and a desktop computer that are both used only by
> myself, so I will never use both simultaneously.
> Is it OK with the licence agreement that I can use one NOD32 license
> for my laptop and my desktop computer or will I have to buy two
> licences?
> Can I update both NOD32 versions using the live update function or will
> the download server tell me that I have already downloaded the update
> before?
> If not, how does Eset protect itself against abuse of update keys, if
> for example the same key would be used by hundreds of computers? I mean
> they must have a means against this type of abuse.
>
> Paul
>

I got NOD32 on two machines the one licensed version. When I when to install
it on a 3rd machine is when I ran into problems. So my sister had to buy it.

Duane :)



Posted by louise on January 1, 2006, 1:46 pm
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Duane Arnold wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am thinking about buying NOD32, which I heard is a good virus scanner
>>that requires very little resources. The latter criterion is very
>>important to me.
>>
>>I have a laptop and a desktop computer that are both used only by
>>myself, so I will never use both simultaneously.
>>Is it OK with the licence agreement that I can use one NOD32 license
>>for my laptop and my desktop computer or will I have to buy two
>>licences?
>>Can I update both NOD32 versions using the live update function or will
>>the download server tell me that I have already downloaded the update
>>before?
>>If not, how does Eset protect itself against abuse of update keys, if
>>for example the same key would be used by hundreds of computers? I mean
>>they must have a means against this type of abuse.
>>
>>Paul
>>
>
>
> I got NOD32 on two machines the one licensed version. When I when to install
> it on a 3rd machine is when I ran into problems. So my sister had to buy it.
>
> Duane :)
>
>
This is my experience as well except that I never tried to
use it on a third machine and don't plan to.

Louise

Posted by on January 2, 2006, 6:44 am
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louise wrote:
> Duane Arnold wrote:
> > I got NOD32 on two machines the one licensed version. When I when to install
> > it on a 3rd machine is when I ran into problems. So my sister had to buy it.
> >
> > Duane :)
> >
> This is my experience as well except that I never tried to
> use it on a third machine and don't plan to.
>
> Louise

Thanks for telling me about your experience with the live update
function of NOD32. It seems like they are not that strict at Eset and
allow up to two personal computers to be updated with one personal
licence.

But I think just to make sure I'll ask Eset too as suggested by Ian.

Paul


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