From: D. Ohl on
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:43:10 +0800, Man-wai Chang wrote:

> Are you afraid of online curses? :)

One NEVER uses their real email address on the net, as a matter of habit.
From: D. Ohl on
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:20:50 +0200, s|b wrote:

> Why don't you upgrade to avast! Free Antivirus 5.x ? IIRC no
> e-mailaddress is required for registration.

If that is the case, then that's what I'll do. I'll check it out and report
back whether the 5.x version of Avast no longer requires a registration
procedure and is still truly freeware.
From: D. Ohl on
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:28:19 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

> Uninstall Avast. Download again (if you no longer have it). Do another
> install. This time just use another disposable e-mail address.

Thanks for the advice. But, I knew that.

What I was looking for was something a bit more elegant. There MUST be
somewhere in the installation (registry perhaps?) where this information of
the prior email address is stored.

I was hoping someone knew more about Avast than I did. I'm sure someone
does. But, so far, none of us know (including me) how to get the email
address out of Avast!

:(
From: Shadow on
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:20:50 +0200, "s|b" <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:

>On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:54:19 +0000 (UTC), D. Ohl wrote:
>
>> As always, I used a made-up email address for the Avast home edition 4.8
>> registration and now that my Avast has expired, I can just make up a new
>> email address or use the old one.
>
>Support for avast! Home Edition 4.8 is probably going to stop within a
>few months. Why don't you upgrade to avast! Free Antivirus 5.x ? IIRC no
>e-mailaddress is required for registration.
It probably scans your clients and sends them all.
Getting greedy.
:)
From: Man-wai Chang on
>> Are you afraid of online curses? :)
>
> One NEVER uses their real email address on the net, as a matter of habit.

I don't see a problem about that. I have no secret to keep. :)


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