OFFICIAL BLEEPING COMPUTER PESTPATROL GIVEAWAY RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

THE FREE BLEEPING COMPUTER PESTPATROL GIVEAWAY ("GIVEAWAY")
BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AND THERE WILL BE TWO FURTHER DRAWINGS ON SEPTEMBER
8TH AND
15TH 2004 ("GIVEAWAY DATES").

HOW TO ENTER

As long as you are a member of BleepingComputer.com in good standing (not banned
or suspended) you will automatically be entered into the online GIVEAWAY at
BleepingComputer.com.

Upon winning the GIVEAWAY, the winner must provide the following information:

• Member's full name;


• Member's Shipping Address


• Member's E-mail address;

RANDOM DRAWINGS

On or about the end of the GIVEAWAY DATES, Bleeping Computer will randomly
select one member of BleepingComputer.com to receive ONE fully
licensed copy of PestPatrol Home Edition. If the
selected member is not a member of good standing or has already been selected
on a previous CONTEST DATE, then a second drawing will be done. This process
will continue until a valid member
is selected.

If you do not want to be entered into the GIVEAWAY then please private
message Grinler and let him know that you would not like to be eligible.

PRIZES, ODDS, & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES

The total USD estimated retail value for of all prizes: $119.85. Prizes are
nontransferable and must be accepted as awarded. There will be no cash, substitution,
transfer, or assignment
of prize permitted, except that Bleeping
Computer, reserves the right to substitute a prize of equivalent value
in the event the offered prize is unavailable. Winners are responsible for
any
and all applicable taxes associated with prize.

Odds of winning depend on
the total number of members on GIVEAWAY DATES.

Prize winners acknowledge that the Sponsor and all other businesses concerned
with this GIVEAWAY and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner are
responsible for any warranty, representations, expressed or implied, in fact
or in law, relative to the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability
of any aspect of prize except that the prize shall be subject to manufacturer's
stated warranty.

WINNER NOTIFICATION

Winners will be notified by private message on the site and via the email address
they registered their account under. If any prize notification
letter or prize is returned as undeliverable or not responded to within two
weeks time, the corresponding
prize will
be forfeited
and awarded to an alternate winner. Acceptance
of prize constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use each
winner's member name for promotional purposes in any and all media (including
online posting) without additional compensation. If no response is received
from
a winner requiring shipping address information, the prize may be forfeited
and awarded to an alternate winner. Limit: one prize per GIVEAWAY per household.

ELIGIBILITY

GIVEAWAY is open to anyone age 18 or older who is a member as of
the GIVEAWAY DATES.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Use of any mechanical or automated process to increase your odds in this GIVEAWAY
is strictly prohibited. If a user is found to create multiple member accounts
then BleepingComputer may its its own discretion remove your eligibility to
this GIVEAWAY.

SPONSOR

This GIVEAWAY is sponsored by Bleeping Computer.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

The SPONSOR reserves the right to disqualify Members who violate the rules
or interfere with this GIVEAWAY in any manner. If disqualified, the Sponsor
reserves the right to terminate Member's eligibility to participate in
this GIVEAWAY. This GIVEAWAY is subject to all federal, state and local
laws. Void where prohibited by law. GIVEAWAY governed by U.S. law.

By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless SPONSOR and
their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, service agencies,
independent
contractors, and the officers, directors, employees,
investors, agents, and representatives of any of the above organizations from
any injury, loss, or damage to person, including death or property, due in-whole
or in-part, directly or indirectly, to the acceptance from or use/misuse of
a prize or participation in any promotion-related activity.

Sponsors are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing
of this offer, in the administration of the contest, or in the announcement
of prizes. In the event that sponsors are prevented from continuing with the
promotion, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the promotion is severely
undermined by any event beyond sponsors' control, including but not limited
to fire; flood; epidemic; earthquake; explosion; labor dispute; strike; act
of God; public enemy act; satellite or equipment failure; riot or civil disturbance;
war (declared or undeclared); terrorist threat or activity; any federal, state,
or local governmental law, order, or regulation; order of any court or jurisdiction;
or other cause not reasonably within sponsors' control (each a "Force
Majeure" event), sponsors will have the right, in their sole discretion,
to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the promotion without
further obligation.

An entrant's submission of entry constitutes permission for Bleeping Computer
and, in Bleeping Computer's sole discretion, such other Contest Sponsors to
use entrant's name, photograph, likeness and other material provided in the
entry for any business purpose, including for promotional purposes in any media.

Bleeping Computer will not knowingly provide any personally identifying information,
that is not already publicly available, of minors to any third party without
the written consent of entrant's parent/legal guardian.

This Contest shall be governed as to all matters, including validity, construction
and performance of the Contest General Rules, by and under the Laws of the
United States of America and the State of New York and the sole venue for resolving
all questions related the rights of the Entrants and winners in this Contest
shall be the courts located in New York City, New York, United States of America.

By accepting the prize, Members agree to comply with these official rules,
including all eligibility requirements. Winning a prize is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements set forth in these official rules.

DISPUTES

Except where prohibited, as a condition of participating in this Promotion,
participant (and their parents/legal guardians if participants are minors)
agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties,
claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion,
or any prizes awarded, or the determination of winners shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration
pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association or the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), then effective. Further,
in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted
to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental
or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees,
other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated
with entering this Promotion), and participant further waives all rights
to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning
the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Sponsor in connection
with this Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. or by the Federal Arbitration
Act, 9 U.S.C. Section 1, et seq, without giving effect to the conflict of
laws rules thereof, and all proceedings shall take place in that State. You
understand that, in the absence of this provision, You would have had a right
to litigate disputes through a court, including the right to litigate claims
on a class-wide or class-action basis, and that You have expressly and knowingly
waived those rights and agreed to resolve any Disputes through binding arbitration
in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. In the event of a dispute
as to the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry
will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address
submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined
as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet
access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business,
educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

WINNER'S LIST

A list of winners will be posted as a reply to this topic when all prizes have
been awarded.

• 
  
  Spyware and Adware that "phones home" information
  about you, your computer, and your surfing habits
  
  


• 
  
  Remote Access Trojans
  (RATs) that allow an attacker to remotely control your computer
  
  


• 
  
  Denial-of-Service
  (DoS) attack agents that can crash or hang a program, or your entire
  system
  
  


• 
  
  Probe Tools that look for vulnerabilities on your system
  that a hacker can exploit
  
  

You can visit the PestPatrol website here: http://www.pespatrol.com