said by Cudni :

You edited finer points of your story ..

said by Bubba17 :

Ah. At last, the crux of your blathering. My display of SAV getting it's ass kicked, yet again. It figures. You're a user! A thin skinned user at that. You're in good company .. most are. Well, don't be upset with me! Hell, take it up with Symantec, or switch to something that's better. Start with AVG.

Horse crap! Look, tell you what .. in any malware fight you're in (using Symantec, you should be well seasoned) that you want to post about, you feel free to name all the tools you used, both successfully and not, and I'll continue to do the same. Got it??

said by SnowyOne :

You were able to say how SAS's EULA was better than others without knocking Symantec's, or anyone elses for that matter.
Your praise of SAS should stand on it's own merit.

That's all good & fine. But don't do it on the reputation of another company, even if it's true.
It makes you look small & hurts your credibility.

said by Bubba17 :

Subsequent to my first response to you, I've located and read (carefully, to the best of my non-lawyer abilities, though it's not as cryptic as others I've read) the EULA.

I find verbiage pertaining to single computer use, to being allowed backup to a single source. Nowhere do I find reference expressly forbidding free version use on a single, "work-based", machine. If my reading was accurate, while it may not be an infraction, technically .. it probably is ethically, as the download link does clearly contain "Home".

* I'm not an SAS reseller (we'll save whether I should be for another discussion).

* My post motivation was dual, to extol the capabilities of SAS and cast light into the "single tool (SAV, in this instance) isn't sufficient" corner. Folks who are still "tool-based" security minded, like myself, are better served to layer their defenses.

* If sharing my thoughts about SAS' effectiveness at successfully accomplishing it's intended, designed, mission causes others to try the free version, or purchase the Pro version, or make a donation to facilitate it's continued development. Excellent!

Do I believe that's absolutely true? Probably not, but you know how us smart asses can be.
Yeah. Won't comment further on this either. SipSizzurp has already tied a ribbon on it.

said by SnowyOne :

I purposefully & thoughtfully craft a post reply that tries to dance around the fact that someone is on a security forum bragging about how good some software they stole worked & I get called a smart ass for that effort?

You mentioned the version for the only purpose of generating new free user accounts for SAS that they in turn can flip into subscription accounts.
If you didn't mention the version it would be reasonably assumed that it was the subscription version that was getting all the praise, generating less interest in the flippable free version.
So even though it can be claimed that you can't be trying to sell something that's free, it's a known fact that free accounts generate income & your praise was just a sales call masquerading as a topic.

Do I believe that's absolutely true? Probably not, but you know how us smart asses can be.

said by Bubba17 :

I truly appreciate your response. Though you've intended/worded it to display your serious smart-ass capabilities (you're obviously extremely practiced), IMO .. point taken.

Again, despite your methods, thanks for the heads-up.

said by SnowyOne :

It took me a few minutes to figure out what "(I own SAS Pro at home)" was all about.

said by Bubba17 :

On a shared (20+ users) work machine "protected" by Symantec Antivirus v10.1.7.7000 in a galaxy far, far away.

I then ran a full scan with SuperAntiSpyware (SAS), free edition (I own SAS Pro at home).

Thanks (YET AGAIN) SAS!