Stand Alone PC

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have a stand alone PC with no connections to the internet. My children use it to do homework etc. I am still concerned about security on this PC, as they sometimes bring floppy discs and CDs from friends PCs. How can I register avast! and get regular updates to this machine to ensure its security?

Thanks,

Bob

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You should be able to download the updates from Avast! main page manually, then put them on floppy and copy them over.

Example: http://www.avast.com/eng/download/updates/update_avast_4_vps.html the exe file from here is only 1.60 MB which is too big to put on Floppy, (unless you can somehow compress it - I’m not sure) so you may have to just use a CD-R and continually copy the updates to that.

Hope this helps.

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You will need a CD or use any splitter file (for instance: MaxSplitter).

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Thanks for the advice about updating, the file size is not a problem as I have a USB flash drive I can use.

How can I register the software, the last time I tried it still expired after 60 days :frowning:

Sorry if these are very basic questions, but I am running out of ideas of my own.

Thank you all very much.

Bob

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Welcome BobG,
I’m also BobG
Had to look twice when I saw your post.

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You can’t use the trial professional version for more than 60 days.
The Home version is only for HOME and NON-COMMERCIAL use only and it could be free registered for 14 months (after that, you should register again): http://www.avast.com/i_kat_207.php?lang=ENG

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Although you’ve already said you’ve got a USB flash drive I’ve found a program that can format a 1.44 MB floppy to 1.72 MB.

The program is called SmartFormat.

I’ve only had time to format 1 floppy with it but it does work. The properties now say the capacity of the floppy is 1.66 MB. I haven’t had a chance yet to play around to see if I could fill all that space without problems.

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Hi Bob, welcome to the forums.

As technical said you can register the Home version for 14 months, all you need to do is register using a PC connected to the internet and give an email address that you can receive the emailed registration key. That email/registration key can be saved to your USB memory and then paste the registration key into your stand alone PC.

To enter the new Registration Key: Right Click on the avast! icon and click on About avast!.. and then click on the License Key… button and paste the registration Key into the window.

HTH David

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Amerk-
Does it work with XP? I used MaxiDisk before on 9x but it doesn’t seem to work in XP,something about DOS I think.

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madmax,
I’m running 98SE & it works fine.

After looking at the site it doesn’t look like it works with XP, only Win9x.

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Thanks everyone - It’s working OK. :slight_smile:

Bob