- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok, this started last night. I use Kaspersky Lab Anti-Virus Software, and it's pretty good in most situations. But last night, out of the corner of my eyes, I see the Windows Security Center icon just pop out alerting me Kaspersky has turned itself off. I decide not to panic, and double click Kaspersky. But instead of the program, a message shows up, saying exactly this:
In order to use Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro, you need a license key. In order to continue using the program, you may purchase [link]purchase a new license key[/link] and add it to the program by pressing the "Add Key" button.
Now I know what most of you guys are thinking: that I have a trial version of Kaspersky. But no, I have the full version. I know this, because when I got my computer fixed by my church teacher's husband (nice man) around November 20, 2005, he gave me a free full copy of Kaspersky Personal Pro. This was almost an year ago, and the trial's only 30 days.
Ok, now here's the thing: I checked my hardrive for any known Kaspersky related files, and none of them (mostly .ppl files) relates to a license key. And the wierdest thing is, it was working fine as ever until last night at around 8:50 PM, and it just shut itself off, and pretty much took the license key with it to hell. This just pisses me of big time, but I'm doing the best I could to stay calm and try to get this fixed before the internet hackers and viruses realizes my front door is open.
Some of you may already know, but I've been getting many network attacks over the past couple of months, but it has been stopping, from about 40 network attack attempts a day to a maximum of only 2-4 a day nowadays. But now that Kaspersky is gone, I don't want to linger in the computer too long because of this problem. Does anyone here know what the hell is going on? Please, I deperately need help, no, my computer desperately needs help.
I am going to email my church teacher today to ask her husband if he can come over and see what is wrong, and if Kaspersky did really freak out last night, he must have the full version along with the license key for me to reinstall again. I'm also going to post this same post on the Kaspersky forums, and quite possibly the Flood forums (please forum ninjas, don't ocunt this as spam just because I posted the same thing in different forums).
But until then, I need a new, and temporary anti-virus software. No, I don't mean a freakin' trial, 'cause who knows, it might take more than 30 days to fix this. I mean a free, permanent, and well-trusted anti-virus software, that I can use until I get Kaspersky fixed. Does anyone here know some good ones?
Please guys, I really need some help over here. I don't know what to do, and right now I may be calmly typing this like a man, but sooner or later, once harmful things tend to get in (God forbid by the 7th power), I might be one of those people who rip out their hair in a maniac way. Please, any help would be gratefully appreicated.