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BoomBox
07-15-2004, 08:50 PM
I am going to buy ZoneAlarm and want to ask a question that hopefully someone will know.

And before any1 says something, I like it cause the Expert rules allow me to configure alotta stuff and basically I'm so used to it I can't be bothered trying anything else.
And I don't like using false serials on stuff that always online.

So....
I am buying it but a friend and I want to buy it between us, and therefore obviously share a serial number. Is there any major problem in this? On the site it trys to get you to pay double for 2 serials for 2 users (like any company will do I suppose) but there isn't any fancy activation is there? It should work on 2 separate computers fine shouldn't it?

Thanks for the advice.

Twist3r
07-15-2004, 09:33 PM
why buy new when slightly used will do exept when the deals are this good!!
:lol: :lol:

i would suggest using a CD-Keygen so you and your friend will both have one ;)

edit: make sure u have the original key from the box and he gets the generated one :lol:

peat moss
07-15-2004, 09:57 PM
Buy It? Well I guess we have to support the author some how. Why don't you try the free one? I have pro but have never really bothered to use some of its features . I use other programs for those . :)

BoomBox
07-16-2004, 02:12 PM
Thanks,
Yea, I've tried the Basic one but I need the Expert Rules specifically for what I use it for. And as I said I don't like using Keygen's etc on Software that always has internet access. Unless I get Kerio or something to stop ZA accessing the net :P .
I think we could both use the valid one fine, it's usually when loads of people share a serial that something goes wrong.
Hope so anyways.

Storm
07-16-2004, 02:39 PM
zone alarm doesnt have to have internet acces, it just watches what passes through.....

try something like sygate, it'll give you those advance options.......

zapjb
07-16-2004, 04:28 PM
No Storm. Op doesn't want the best pf (Sygate). :lol:

muchspl2
07-16-2004, 08:06 PM
I bought mine off suprnova, it was on sale

Ariel_001
07-16-2004, 08:23 PM
Originally posted by BoomBox@15 July 2004 - 16:58
I am going to buy ZoneAlarm and want to ask a question that hopefully someone will know.

And before any1 says something, I like it cause the Expert rules allow me to configure alotta stuff and basically I'm so used to it I can't be bothered trying anything else.
And I don't like using false serials on stuff that always online.

So....
I am buying it but a friend and I want to buy it between us, and therefore obviously share a serial number. Is there any major problem in this? On the site it trys to get you to pay double for 2 serials for 2 users (like any company will do I suppose) but there isn't any fancy activation is there? It should work on 2 separate computers fine shouldn't it?

Thanks for the advice.
Well I know that serial number is your license to use that software and sharing it would be against the terms of use of that software.

Storm
07-16-2004, 09:23 PM
yeah, that kinda what i dont get........ you DONT want to use a fake/illegal serial, but you DO want to use a fake/illegal serial.........

man, thats like the riddle of going back in time and shooting your mother before you were born: could you have gone back in time?

BoomBox
07-17-2004, 12:28 AM
yeah, that kinda what i dont get........ you DONT want to use a fake/illegal serial, but you DO want to use a fake/illegal serial.........

I don't get what you mean?
I don't want to use a fake/illegal serial,.... period.

I want to buy a legit one and use it on two computers. And I know that "technically" it's against T&Cs, but I don't see it as being a big deal. I ain't worried about that, just about whether their is any process of registering a serial that would prevent it working on 2 computers.

As for ZA not accessing the internet, who actually knows what it's doing unless someone moniters their outgoing packets 24/7.

Does the free Sygate have the advanced features?

Thanks