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From: s|b on 27 Jun 2010 08:44
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:43:52 +0000 (UTC), D. Ohl 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.

I was wrong; it still needs an address, but the address is not used to
send you a license key. You receive a license (for one year) after you
register. You'll be asked to give your name (first name and surname), an
e-mailaddress and your country.

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From: Man-wai Chang on 27 Jun 2010 08:44
> The problem is finding the email address that was used.
> ... snipped ...
> But, that isn't the question: The question is how to find
> out the EXISTING email address used for the existing installation.

Pull your soul out of your own body, then search your brain from
outside! Maybe it's hidden somewhere... :)

You are supposed to remember that! It was your identity!

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From: VanguardLH on 27 Jun 2010 13:12
D. Ohl wrote:

> 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!

You are SENDING this info to Avast. It is recorded on their *server* in
a database. You don't have access to their database to update it. The
local program doesn't care about your e-mail address. You gave it to
Avast so they could send you a license, update alerts, and whatever else
they choose. The program itself doesn't need or use your e-mail address
to run or to obtain updates.

If was truly an "alias" and you don't want e-mails through it anymore,
why not just delete the alias? You can then simply have Avast send you
a new license using their web form at:

http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php

Notice that you, again, have to give them an e-mail address of where to
send the doc containing the license key. Getting a new license
targeting a new e-mail address/alias will not remove your old e-mail
address/alias from their database. Getting a license key lets you
register the product (so it doesn't puke after the trial period). The
program only needs the license key. It doesn't need your e-mail
address. That's something you gave to Avast, not the program. Look at
the registration info in Avast. See your e-mail address listed there?

I don't see that you can create user accounts at the Avast web site. If
they had accounts, maybe you could change your e-mail address recorded
up on their server in their database but that isn't anything the local
program needs. It just needs the license key.

I suppose you could write a letter, sent registered (and notarized
regarding the content of your letter), with legal demand that they
remove your old e-mail address(es) from their database.
From: D. Ohl on 27 Jun 2010 22:39
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:12:57 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

> You are SENDING [your email address] to Avast. It is recorded on their
> *server* in a database. You don't have access to their database to update it.

Your explanation explains it all!

So THAT's why I couldn't find anywhere on the net how to get your email
address out of the registration part of the Avast installed program!

Next time I'll save the temporary email address into a text file INSIDE the
directory where I install Avast! (C:\My Installed Programs\Anti
Virus\Avast\readme.txt).

Thank you for your help.

BTW, whoever said that the new version doesn't need an email to register it
must know something I don't because it seems to use the same use model as
before.

From: Franklin on 28 Jun 2010 09:24
Bear Bottoms wrote:

> Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9DA3DC7C85886HHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247:
>
>>> This is a lot of fun eh Dustin?
>>
>> Well, really tho, it's kinda boring. I suspected the little weasel
>> posted in other newsgroups. <g>
>>
>> It doesn't matter much tho.. I was just making a pointless comment
>> to a pointless thread..
>>
>
> I don't really see much point to anyone being here besides the fun
> of it. I suppose some think they are really accomplishing something.

For those who haven't worked it out already that is a good explanation
why you behave like a school kid.

You pretend to be innocent whilst in reality go around making goofy troll
statements.

> I'm trying to figure out what that is. Once in a great while,
> someone posts something that is interesting to me, but mostly I see
> updates to already well known programs. Hell, I've got software that
> does that for me. The rest of the time, most are just bitching about
> something. I like Jeffery's participation, and wasbit has his thing.
> Could be a good group.


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