Free Anti-virus program, firewall and other programs from MS

External Since: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 52

If you poke around on microsoft.com you will find an offer of a CD-ROM
(actually 2) with the latest Win2K, a firewall and eTrust EZAntivirus, free
for a full year. I liked eTrust products on a single machine, but when I
had to keep it up on 3 machines, the bookkeeping got unbearable. Every
product has a different key on every machine for every year. And eTrust
(Computer Associates) couldn't keep straight which was which and update
notices kept going to the wrong systems.

External Since: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 1

I liked eTrust products on a single machine, but when I
> had to keep it up on 3 machines, the bookkeeping got unbearable. Every
> product has a different key on every machine for every year. And eTrust
> (Computer Associates) couldn't keep straight which was which and update
> notices kept going to the wrong systems.

Yes EZAV subs are a pain. So unfriendly I suspect it is deliberate to
protect the turf of CA Antivirus. Doing competitors a favour too.

S