Solved renew license cost...

[simmerskool]

hmmm... time to renew my F-Secure (originally Total) and I had 3 licenses. For now, I only need one license, and F-Secure's reply to that is (seems to be) to charge me more $$USD for one license. F-Secure wants $90US for Internet Security & VPN. I don't really need their vpn, but I have used it when running VM with F-Secure. The cost just seems a tad high to me, so I think I will let F-Secure expire and use this VM for something else. I like F-Secure but the cost seems non-competitive, and I'm not in the mood to hunt for a deal. Anyone else paying $90US/year for F-Secure with its vpn?

 

[simmerskool]

I think I'm going to do the same as you Simmer, ditch FSecure.

Going to try Defender with Configure Defender and a secondary program to be determined.

For clarification I am not suggesting F-Secure is disreputable, just that their renewal process annoyed me, and why not make it a pleasant experience for user who otherwise likes FS av.
Meanwhile, for me, Voodooshield aka CyberLock (now v7.62) has been a great supplement for 10+ years and Dan is readily available if needed, which for me has been rare.

 

[upnorth]

Strike 1: Posted a question on their forum for staff 2 days ago and no answer yet.
Strike 2: Logging into their forum has been super hard, couldn't do it at all yesterday afternoon, kept getting an error, got in today but clicking on my post results in a white screen. ( Not my security programs, all my other forum log-ins work.)

Understand it's hard to know, because it's not posted on their forum, but I added a sticky post with a link to their service status page here:

F-Secure Services Status

Visit this page for information about the services operational status, ongoing and past incidents as well as scheduled maintenance announcements. https://status.f-secure.com/

malwaretips.com

 

[Jonny Quest]

Thanks for that reminder (link) @upnorth I had forgotten about that one.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

For clarification I am not suggesting F-Secure is disreputable, just that their renewal process annoyed me, and why not make it a pleasant experience for user who otherwise likes FS av.
Meanwhile, for me, Voodooshield aka CyberLock (now v7.62) has been a great supplement for 10+ years and Dan is readily available if needed, which for me has been rare.

Neither am I.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

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Understand it's hard to know, because it's not posted on their forum, but I added a sticky post with a link to their service status page here:

F-Secure Services Status

Visit this page for information about the services operational status, ongoing and past incidents as well as scheduled maintenance announcements. https://status.f-secure.com/

malwaretips.com

Thanks for this.

 

[BigWrench]

No point to renewal sub throught their official site , just buy cheap key for total security from elsewhere ( serialcart/kinguin/gamivo/g2a) you end up paying 20 usd / year for total security

Amen!

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Amen!

You buy a "cheap" key and you don't know what your getting, possibly a pirated license or one that won't be honoured. I know G2A has been selling bogus Malwarebytes licenses for years. Only one I would trust is Serial Cart.

 

[Moonhorse]

You buy a "cheap" key and you don't know what your getting, possibly a pirated license or one that won't be honoured. I know G2A has been selling bogus Malwarebytes licenses for years. Only one I would trust is Serial Cart.

g2a is not good, use kinguin instead, you get your money back if the license isnt working.

And by pirate you mean blacklisted license i guess? if the license binds to your account only its not getting blacklisted.

Some prices on serialcart are decent, but i dont use them as you cant pay with the paysafecard

 

[Digmor Crusher]

I'm just saying that there has to be a reason why these licenses are so cheap.

 

[Moonhorse]

I'm just saying that there has to be a reason why these licenses are so cheap.

The reason prices are cheap, is that people buys legit licenses with stolen credit cards and sells them lower price at places like kinguin, g2a, gamivo etc.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

The reason prices are cheap, is that people buys legit licenses with stolen credit cards and sells them lower price at places like kinguin, g2a, gamivo etc.

Well I have no desire to buy a license that was accrued by dubious means. If you like an AV buy it from an official reseller to support the company. Or else before you know it GenDigital will own all of them.