I know I said on Monday that the freebie articles will end but I just couldn’t resist posting this when I found it. Normally software companies only give out 1 year free license but as for Norman, they are also joining in the freebie giving game by giving out full license registration key code for their Norman Virus Control product that can last for 4 years!FREE Norman Virus Control license Norman Virus Control normally cost $40.60 for single user 1 year license, so 4 years license equivalence to $162.40 and you’re getting it for free!

It runs on all Windows platforms (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista) and also on Linux. Think about this, if Norman Virus Control can run on Windows 95, it is definitely light on resources and not a bloatware. Anyway, continue reading on how to obtain your free 4 year license key for Norman Virus Control.

User-friendly, proactive and automated functionality are keywords describing the Norman Virus Control. The unique Norman SandBox technology protects against new and unknown computer viruses, worms and Trojans – currently the most prevalent malware types. E-mails are scanned for viruses before they reach the mailbox to ensure that viruses do not propagate this way. This means that users can be confident that they are protected against malicious software by one of the most advanced antivirus software applications on the market.

Norman Virus Control free license key code

The unique Norman SandBox II technology protects against new and unknown computer viruses, worms and trojans – currently the most prevalent malware types. In addition, downloads from newsgroups can be scanned for malware before they are made available to the user. Then add Norman Internet Update (NIU), an automatic Internet update mechanism that ensures that your NVC installation is always up-to-date, including incremental updates of definition files, makes NVC the obvious choice for particular users that require real protection from computer malware.

The latest version v5.90 features new filter drivers that make on-access scanning easier and more efficient on platforms where Microsoft’s Filter Manager is implemented, i.e. Windows XP (SP2), Windows 2003 (SP1) and Windows Vista. For example is NVC’s detection of rootkits improved due to this new approach. Some components have been modified to work with Windows Vista in the network version. These components include NDesk, SelfXWiz, eLogger and NIU.

Just follow the steps below on how to obtain your free 4 years license key for Norman Virus Control.

1. Go to this page.

2. Enter your Name, E-mail, select your Country and finally enter the OEM code as HIO-7782-NO

3. Check your E-mail and open the email from Norman Web (info@mail.norman.no) with the subject (No Subject)‏‏. Note down the key which has the format of XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.

4. Download latest Norman Virus Control NVC590_SU_R5eng.exe and install. You can also visit their download page for more language options.

5. After install, right click at the Norman Virus Control tray icon and select Internet Update. It will ask you to enter a valid authentication key. Select “I have a key, where do I enter it? and click the Next button.

6. Enter your Norman Virus Control authentication key and click Finish button.

Voila! Right click at the tray icon again and select License information. You’ll see that the license expires after 4 years! w00t!

Norman Virus Control free registration code

I couldn’t find where did this OEM code originally came from. Searching from Google shows that it is only discussed in Chinese websites. I am very sure that this registration is not pirated because it passes Norman’s validation server and approves this key. Also, if it is illegal, they’d have long blacklisted this oem code. I found out that Norman Virus Control is Norman’s antivirus. The software is replaced with Norman Security Suite this year. They also had a jump from version 5.90 to version 7.00. Although it is not the latest but it can used on all Windows platform including Windows such as 95 and 98. Enjoy!

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