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Originally Posted by Reece
Trying to get any info out of Symantec is useless!! could someone tell me what 6 months Subscription means, does this mean I pay say $50 for NAV and 6 months later I throw it in the bin!  It's rather confusing! All the payware applications mention subscription costs, if anyone can shed some light here I would appreciate it!  |
All commercial antivirus solutions are based on a subscription model, that is you pay an annual fee and recieve free upgrades during that time.
As you end the subscription period you have two choices : renew and pay again or choose to not pay and in this case your software won't update anymore.
So it will be useless as an antivirus needs to be updated daily for it to be effective.
Freeware solutions are free of course but you still have to subscribe.
For instance Avast gives you a new key free key every year but you must subscribe, Antivir updates automatically your free subscription evey year etc...
Subscription in this case is free you don't pay anything.