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Suggestions for anti-virus with perpetual license Brian Cryer 06-20-2007
Posted by Brian Cryer on June 20, 2007, 5:03 am
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I will shortly need to buy some anti-virus software for three new vista pcs
at work - so I'm looking at commercial paid software rather than free-anti
virus (which I use at home). I would prefer to buy anti-virus software with
a one-time purchase cost and without a need to pay annually to renew the
license (I want to avoid the hassle). Most of the pcs in the office use
McAfee but the impression I got from their website is that they no longer do
perpetual licenses and that I'd be looking at a license fee every year. Any
suggestions on suitable products I should be looking at?

TIA.



Posted by David H. Lipman on June 20, 2007, 4:45 pm
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| I will shortly need to buy some anti-virus software for three new vista pcs
| at work - so I'm looking at commercial paid software rather than free-anti
| virus (which I use at home). I would prefer to buy anti-virus software with
| a one-time purchase cost and without a need to pay annually to renew the
| license (I want to avoid the hassle). Most of the pcs in the office use
| McAfee but the impression I got from their website is that they no longer do
| perpetual licenses and that I'd be looking at a license fee every year. Any
| suggestions on suitable products I should be looking at?
|
| TIA.
|

McAfee Enterprise v8.5i.

When you install the product you can choose perpetual license.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Brian Cryer on June 21, 2007, 6:59 am
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<snip>
> McAfee Enterprise v8.5i.
>
> When you install the product you can choose perpetual license.

Thanks David.

Looking at the McAfee site, I get the impression that with a perpetual
license you still need to pay for updates each year, albeit that they call
this a maintenance contract. If you still need to purchase support, then
why's it called perpetual? am I being dense?

TIA.



Posted by David H. Lipman on June 21, 2007, 4:31 pm
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| <snip>
>> McAfee Enterprise v8.5i.
>>
>> When you install the product you can choose perpetual license.
|
| Thanks David.
|
| Looking at the McAfee site, I get the impression that with a perpetual
| license you still need to pay for updates each year, albeit that they call
| this a maintenance contract. If you still need to purchase support, then
| why's it called perpetual? am I being dense?
|
| TIA.
|

You would have to talk to the reseller.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Brian Cryer on June 22, 2007, 7:48 am
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>
> | <snip>
>>> McAfee Enterprise v8.5i.
>>>
>>> When you install the product you can choose perpetual license.
> |
> | Thanks David.
> |
> | Looking at the McAfee site, I get the impression that with a perpetual
> | license you still need to pay for updates each year, albeit that they
> call
> | this a maintenance contract. If you still need to purchase support, then
> | why's it called perpetual? am I being dense?
> |
> | TIA.
> |
>
> You would have to talk to the reseller.

Turns out perpetual means you can use the software for as long as you like,
BUT you can't get signature updates unless you continue with their support
... which isn't much use.

So, my original question still stands, does anyone know of commercial
anti-virus software where the total cost is paid upfront without a need for
annual renews? I suspect the answer is no ...



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