dotTech Promo: Free 1 year license of Returnil System Safe Pro 2011! [72-hours only]
December 17, 2010 130
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Knock, knock. Who’s there? Returnil. Returnil, who? Returnil System Safe Pro 2011, that’s who!
Last year dotTech joined forces with Returnil to bring everyone 1 year license of Return Virtual System Home Lux 2010 for free. This year we are doing it again; except this time around it is with Returnil System Safe Pro 2011, the successor of Returnil Virtual System Home Lux 2010.
Before I go into the details of how to take advantage of this freebie, let me talk a little bit about Returnil products for the benefit of the very few that don’t know already. Returnil offers a unique security solution via their various different products; their software protects computers in an unorthodox – but effective – manner. They use a powerful combination of anti-virus, anti-malware, and a virtual system to protect your computer from all types of viruses and unwanted system changes. The traditional security software like avast!, Avira, AVG, Kaspersky, Norton, McAfee, NOD32, etc. actively, and on demand, detect and remove infected files. Returnil products, on the other hand, use a two-pronged offensive against the malware problem:
- Virtual System – Returnil products creates a “virtual copy” of your main system partition (the partition which you have Windows installed) and whatever changes are made to your computer are dumped when you restart your computer (there are opinions to tweak how it does that, but generally speaking, that is how it works).
- Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware – Returnil products also includes the traditional anti-virus/anti-malware live protection and on-demand scanning features.
Because of this two-pronged approach which incorporates traditional and innovative protection capabilities, if used properly, a user can keep his/her computer 100% clean with Returnil products. If you desire more detailed information, feel free to read dotTech’s full review on Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home Lux.
You may notice I keep referring to “Returnil products”, as opposed to just Returnil System Safe Pro 2011. The reason for this is Returnil has different versions of its software – each having a different mix of features – depending on the type of user you are (both of the following charts created by Returnil):
Home Users
Business, Public Access & Education Users
As you can see from the chart, there is an always free version for home users, Returnil System Safe Free 2011. Returnil System Safe Pro 2011, on the other hand, would typically cost you almost $40… but for a limited time you can get it for free! These are the features of Returnil System Safe Pro 2011, as per the developer:
To get a 1 year license of Returnil System Safe Pro 2011 for free, follow these simple directions:
Version being given out for free: v3.2.10853.5462-REL7
Free updates: Yes, for one year
Supported OS: Windows XP and higher
Download size: 34.7 MB
Giveaway limitation: This freebie is for non-commercial use only.
Giveaway time-frame: This giveaway ends 24:00 PST December 19, 2010. After December 19, 2010 you will no longer be able to grab the 1 year license. Also note that while you should be able to activate the license whenever you want, the license has no shelf-life – it will expire on December 18, 2011 regardless of if you use it or not.
- Fill out the the following form (note all data via the following form goes to Returnil, not dotTech):
NOTE: This promotion is available to everyone (for non-commercial use); however this is a dotTech.org promotion. Please do not directly link to the following form. Rather, if you want to share this offer with others, provide a permalink (alternatives link) to this article. Thanks!
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- Once you submit the form, you should be given a license code:
Copy the license code – you will need it soon.
- Download and install Returnil System Safe 2011.
- After installation, you will be asked to restart your computer; restart your computer.
- After your computer has restarted, run Returnil System Safe 2011 and register it using the serial number you were given earlier:
Take note that if you don’t register it you will be using Returnil System Safe Free 2011, which is always available for free but doesn’t have as many features as Returnil System Safe Pro 2011.
- Finish the initial setup.
- After the initial setup has finished, look at the bottom left of Returnil System Safe’s main program window. If it says (registration request pending)…
… you need to wait a few minutes while Returnil’s registration servers recognize your registration. When your registration is recognized you will get a popup message telling you so and the bottom left corner should say Registered Pro version:
Once it says Registered version, you are good to go!
Take note, your initial registration may fail if you did not do it properly. (It took me two times to properly register.) If the bottom left corner says Free version that means your registration failed and you will not be able to use the Returnil System Safe Pro features. If this happens to you, click on Register and try to register the program again. Make sure you don’t include any spaces after the registration code and use the same name and e-mail address you used when filling out the registration form earlier.
- Enjoy!
- (Optional) As a way of thanking Returnil for this freebie, please provide them with feedback regarding their software in the comments below. Feedback can be anything including but not limited to bugs fixes, desired features, desired changes, ways to improve the program, input on the current price, etc.
If you have any trouble getting 1 year of Returnil System Safe Pro 2011 for free, post below and other dotTechies or I will try to help.
Please keep in mind as per dotTech’s Conflict of Interest Policy, I won’t be providing advice related to Returnil System Safe Pro 2011 (such as “how good is it”, “is it worth the download”, “how does it compare to X program”, etc.) while this promotion is live. The review linked in the post above was written a long time prior to this promotion, so linking to it falls within the boundaries of the Conflict of Interest Policy.
Any and all advice/reviews/suggestions on Returnil System Safe Pro 2011 should be done dotTechie-to-dotTechie; if you grab this software or have experience with it, please post here and let others know what you think! Not only will dotTechies benefit from feedback from dotTechies, but the developer will too. And the more value we add to developers, the more developers will come here to promote their software.
I will, however, try to answer tech support related questions.
Also, just to clarify, this promotion was originally intended for 48-hours. However, I asked to start it a bit early and Returnil agreed. Since we didn’t plan on starting it today, the post was not ready and I had to write it up; so the promotion was posted at an awkward 2:14 AM, which means the total promotion time will be more like 69 hours and 46 minutes instead of the 72 hours stated in the title.
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Thank you for this program!
I have not installed yet but I will tonight.
I will give you reviews thereafter.
Thank you!
There should be an option for virtualization of whole drive not only the system partition.
Will this software work if I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer? Will it keep NIS from working properly?
I love this site, it is my first stop of a morning before I read my email and while I am enjoying my first (of many) cups of coffee. Thank you Ashraf for all your hard work!
I was really excited about this program–downloaded and ready to install but decided to first read the comments made when it (Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home Lux) was last offered. Now I’m not so sure. It seems like a few people had some very serious with this program when it was last offered. Considering my level of PC knowledge, I’m afraid I’m going to have to sit this one out. :-(
Thx for this giveaway !
Seems that this promo version does not have all the features of Pro version- System restore is disabled and an upgrade is required to activate it.
License status under the status screen shown as “Free”.
The registration was completed- current registration info contains “promo dotTech”.
thnka for a great app. thanks Ashraf and DOTTECH.
you guys always geting the best for us.
Thanks for the gr8 promotion !!!!
Thanks.
You’ve done it again and again with the new Freebie. Thanks Ashraf…..
Just one question, can I just get the license and download the code for a later installation, i.e. next week? I understand the 72Hr is when you can obtain the license for this copy. But I might not have time to try the software itself until this weekend …
Once again, thanks for the great work.
@Dudu Z: It has a year’s free updates, so try that. Since it registered OK, the updates should fix the problem. :)
Once again a great software giveaway, thank you ashraf.
Thanks , this is a gret program and adds alot to safe surfing
In addition to System restore not available, the Repair function doesn’t work .
Scan detected 3 malware instances on my computer- when trying to repair, a “Request for Upgrade” window pops up.
Is this a common issue or my registration somehow went wrong ?
@Dudu Z: The same issue happened with me where it says that this is the commercial version but several of the features that should be enabled in the pro version are not available. Including the system restore and file manager. Both features that are available in pro and from what ashraf says this should be the pro version. I don’t know if the developer just didn’t do what they said they were going to do or if those features need something else to turn them on or what. I would doubt that the developer would do something like that. Maybe those features will be turned on after the end of the giveaway? I don’t know but hopefully they will get this right. Those two features are the only reason I would get this software.
Also on the status overview page it says that the system restore is unavailable-upgrade, gives the option upgrade now after the product update date, and says the license type is free under the license status.
@ ahsraf: could you check with the developer to see what is going on?
love
Thank you Ashraf for a great promotion.
Thank you Ashraf and Returnil for the promo
I use the GOTD one in my virtual drive; I have not yet had any problems with it
@chinaguy: I have same problem,could it be with windows 7 64 bit
@Titanium: You are welcome!
@grage: Thanks for the feedback!
@Vernon Grapes: Yes it will work with NIS and no it will not prevent NIS from working properly. However, you need to make sure you do a couple of things inorder to make sure they work well together:
1) Disable the live protection of Returnil System Safe Pro
2) Make sure to update NIS (database/program) when Returnil System Pro Safe’s virtual system protection is not active. Otherwise, NIS updates will be lost.
@Bosco: Thank you for being a regular. :-) If it helps, I have never had any issues with Returnil.
@Dudu Z: You are welcome! This is weird, this should be the full Returnil System Safe Pro, with all the features; but you are right trying to use system restore/rollback is asking for registration. I am going to contact Returnil and find out what is up. I will update.
@aqua: You are welcome!
@drtank: You are welcome!
@Victor: You welcome! Yes, you should be able to activate the license at a later date, but I will double-check with Returnil to make sure for you. Also, realize that the license will end 12/18/2011 regardless of when you activate it.
@Skye-hook: Is it working for you?
@Linu George: You are welcome!
@one111: You are welcome!
@Dudu Z: I am e-mailing Returnil about it; I will keep you updated.
@chinaguy and @chinaguy: It sounds like you didn’t register it properly. I have updated the post with screenshots to show if you registered properly, please check those out.
And I am e-mailing Returnil to see what is up with the features.
@cyp: Hmm… okay?
Thank You very much for sharing this freebie. Will test this out and post feedback here.
@Aki: You are welcome!
@Jimmy: You are welcome!
@fishingjoe: Are you having problems that it wont register (it shows free version) or that it registered but Pro features won’t work?
@Richard_90: You are welcome!
Running win7 x64 and installed/registered. showing commercial, and file manager, real-time protection, and other features previously mentioned, are not working.
I have already emailed Returnil. Waiting on an answer.
both wont register (it shows free version) or that it registered but Pro features won’t work?