What happened to the Australian Distributor?

Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus' started by BeanCounter, Jan 22, 2008.

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  1. BeanCounter

    BeanCounter Registered Member

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    I recently received an e-mail from the Australian Distributor for NOD32 telling me that my NOD32 licence will soon expire. The e-mail included a phone number to call since my licence covers more than 4 computers.

    However, when I dial the supplied number I always get an engaged tone.:thumbd:
     
  2. nodHead

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    They are a shameful outfit.

    I wonder what ever happened to the free switch program that they emailed people with last year in Australia.

    These people are giving NOD32 and ESET a bad name. :thumbd:
     
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    Please see HERE it is clear as day on the front page of their website.

    Blackspear.
     
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    They can not sell outside of the USA and Canada, doing so will cause them to lose their status as a ESET Reseller.

    Blackspear.
     
  6. BeanCounter

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    In any case I have now managed to make contact with ESET Australia to arrange licence renewal. I assume the phone had been accidentally left off the hook.

    It would be really nice if we could renew multi-PC (> 6) licences online without having to make a phone call.
     
  7. nodHead

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    In which case I'm abandoning my NOD32 License (with 6 months to run). I will not deal with 'ESET' Australia. I'm fed up being treated like rubbish by them.
     
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    Wow, I've got nothing but great things to say about them. I have about 25 licenses I manage all upgraded to ESS free of charge for both my remaining time and my renewal period. In other words, I have ESS for the same price as EAV until the end of 2011. That's pretty cool I think. They've always been helpful and quick to respond to my queries by phone and email.

    Awesome. Keep up the good work.
     
  9. BeanCounter

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    Now that I have renewed my licence

    Now that I have renewed my licence, two questions immediately come to mind:

    1. Do I have much to gain by upgrading from 2.7 to 3.0?, and

    2. If I do upgrade will I have to uninstall 2.7 first?

    Since my licence covers multiple PCs, the renewed licence is for ESET Smart Security Business Edition although, at this stage, I do not understand the difference between the home and business editions. Presumably I can select which of the features I want to activate.

    Since all of my PCs sit behind the firewall provided by my router, I am not convinced that I need to install a software firewall on each PC as Windows XP SP2 provides a similar feature.

    Any considered advice would be appreciated.
     
  10. saffron

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    Greedy people like you and a few others who continually complain about the delay in getting something for nothing give them a bad name.
     
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    Your own attitude sets the pace for how others treat you.
     
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    Your own attitude sets the pace for how others treat you. :)
     
  13. saffron

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    Re: Now that I have renewed my licence

    Not in detection, they both detect he same. v3.0 has a nicer looking GUI and some added features, and is now bug free enough to be worth using. Try it on 1 PC and see if you like it.

    Upgrades and patches are usually OK but I always uninstall before upgrading to a new version of any program.

    Business Edition lets you install on a server and update across your LAN. ESET Smart Security firewall isn't the best around at the moment, but it's improving fast. It won't interfere with your router firewall.
     
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    Re: Now that I have renewed my licence


    Thanks for your response. Since there is no compelling reason to upgrade I will continue with 2.7 until I get some free time to play with 3.0.
     
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