
February 6th 10, 10:15 AM
posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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SuperAntiSpyware Professional Expires Prematurely
See "SUPERAntiSpyware question" posted 05/2 seperately elsewhere by Mike
Duncan of SA.
They also have their own support forums: http://forums.superantispyware.com/
Peter
MVP
Consumer Security
"David B." wrote in message
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The fact also remains that they advertise a 15 day trial, anything beyond
that is a gift more or less, not something your entitled to. As stated
earlier you need to talk to their support people, this is not a Vista
issue, nor is it related to hardware.
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"Paul Calcagno" wrote in message
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David B. I can read just fine.
It doesn't say on the site that the trial period is 365 days but it says
so on the Application window that opens up on my other computer. It shows
on that window that I have "158 days left on my trial and says that the
trial expires on 7/12/2010". When I first installed the app, it said I
had 365 days until the trial expired. Apparently what's happened is that
the trial time has recently been modified from 365 days to 15 days (the
latter number IS stated on the website). Whether that's actually true or
not doesn't matter. The fact remains that my trial version was originally
good for 1 year, but now that's changed. And I didn't know this when I
installed the same program on my son's computer. Based on others'
comments, it looks like my son will not be able to re-install this
program and his only recourse is to buy it. The site offers the
non-Professional version of SuperAntispyware on a CD for $10 which is
probably a good deal.
Paul C.
"David B." wrote in message
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You apparently can't read, from the SAS website "SUPERAntiSpyware
Professional offers a 15-day fully functional free trial. You may try
all features unrestricted."
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"Paul Calcagno" wrote in message
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DL, the normal trial period for this scanner is 365 days. I have it
installed on another computer and it's been running fine for 6 months
with about 180 days left on the trial, so having it expire after 30
days is unusual. Paul C.
"DL" wrote in message
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You can set WU for automatic install of Critical updates.
I dont see any mention on their site as to how long the pro trial
lasts for, 30 days would not be unisuall
If you trial the product and after expiry uninstall then reinstall
there will be some entry in the registry that show the trial has
expired, so you cannot trial again
"Paul Calcagno" wrote in message
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My son's HP laptop (Vista Basic, Firefox, 1.5 GB RAM) has been
running quite well with MBAM, SuperAntiSpyware Professional installed
for about a month. No viruses, malware, spyware so far. Windows
Defender is active. My son's not dilligent about installing WU's so
he's about 2 months behind.
All of sudden the free-to-try version of SuperAntiSpyware
professional says it's expired after only 30 days. An uninstall and
re-install did nothing.---the programs still says it's expired right
after the install completes. It's possible that a system restore was
done a few weeks ago for another issue. Could this have screwed up
the program timer?
If we tried to download a fresh version of the program to a flash
drive and Run if from there, would that set the timer clock back to
zero?
Does anyone have a work-around so that we can get either another year
on this program or the rest of the time `due us' back?
Thanks.................Paul C.
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