Free ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Genuine License Valid Until April 21st 2010 (± 6 Months)



A German website pcgameshardware.de, are giving away a free license of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for 3 PCs to their visitors and magazine subscribers in celebrating the launch of Windows 7 and also by releasing the latest issue of their magazine which is Windows 7 and DirectX 11 as the front page articles.

This license giveaway is a little bit different from others, they will give you a full NOD32 default cfg.xml file with a valid 6 months (until April 21st 2010) genuine license embedded inside it .

What is cfg.xml, how to use it and is it related to NOD32 license? Here is a quick explanations. The cfg.xml file stores all of NOD32 configurations, settings and also the activation codes. Whenever you change any preferences in NOD32 or changing the license codes, the cfg.xml file will save all those changes. That is why you can't find any trace about NOD32 license codes neither in Registry nor in Program Files, it's in cfg.xml that embedded inside the NOD32 launcher.

Now, here is how to get and insert the license into your ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.

To obtain the license, just copy and paste below url into your browser address bar and hit Enter.
http://download.pcgameshardware.de/asset/binaries/cfg.zip
Extract the downloaded cfg.zip file to Desktop, and you'll get cfg.xml after that. The following steps is about on how to insert the cfg.xml file into your NOD32 Antivirus.
  1. Open the scanner main window by double-clicking on NOD32 icon in the System Tray. At the bottom left, click on 'change ...'.
  2. Then, click 'Yes' to change into Advanced Mode (if you're already in Advanced Mode, skip to steps 3).
  3. Click at 'Setup'.
  4. And click the 'Import/export settings ...'.
  5. Make sure 'Import settings' is checked.
  6. Browse the cfg.xml that you save earlier on Desktop and insert it.
  7. Then, click on 'OK'.


After that, you need to update the virus signature database in order to refresh the new license you've just added. And the result is:



If the program is not installed yet, please download the setup installer from here:

http://www.eset.com/download/free_trial_download_eav.php

Install and follow the above instructions.

That's it ... have a nice day.

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