Norman Security Suite Total Security 30 Days Trial Extended to 365 Days?

After publishing an article about the lightest antivirus a week ago, I got a request from a commenter (AV) to test on Norman products memory usage as well. Since Norman is a shareware, I test the 30 days trial version. To test the Norman 30 days trial, I’ll have to request for a 30 days trial key or else it wouldn’t work. So I entered some of my information in the request form, submitted it and within seconds I received a trial key in my email together with the download link to the installation file.

After playing around with Norman on my desktop, somehow the 30 days Norman Security Suite trial subscription became one year! I thought it might be a mistake so I tested it on my laptop, following the exact steps which I did on my desktop to replicate the “problem”. I was really surprised that it was no mistake because the Norman that was installed on my laptop also turned from 30 days trial license to 365 days! No crack, patch, hack, keygen or promotion required. It is very easy and I wonder whether Norman did it on purpose…