This may be a stupid question....?

I'm buying a antivirus software and I want to know whats the difference between a "single user" and "3 user"?...I'm a little confuse on this...

This may be a stupid question....?hijackthis

single user lets you load it on one computer

3 user lets you load it on 3.

This may be a stupid question....?malware

as others have said it can be used legally on more than one computer up to the number listed in your example 3 computers.

so lets say you have your desktop (home computer) and a lap top (for work perhaps). a single user lice means you need to buy TWO copies or licences to use the product legally on both computers.

a multi user (or seat) licence allows you to buy ONE copy of the software and use it on as many computers as that licence permits in your example three computers. a multi seat or multi user licence is normally verry good value compared to buying multiple copies of the same software for seperat computers.

the user part applies when you install and activate the software each installation requires a seperate USER name. once the total number of users is registered no further installations of that software can be made. if you need to re-install following a hard drive failure or other data loss event you would need to contact the company concerned to let them know you need to re-install and re-activate the product, some companies are good about this and will make it relatively simple to do. some will require you to buy a new copy of the software regardless of how long you have left on the agreed licence period for updates etc.