License Activation

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After installation, you need to activate Dr.Web to confirm legitimacy of using the app and unlock the updating, constant protection and on-demand scanning features.

When you run Dr.Web for the first time, activation starts automatically. You can also launch activation from License Manager by clicking Get New License.

To activate a new license

1.If you have a serial number for activation of a license or a demo period for 3 months, on the first step of the activation procedure, click Activate license.

2.Enter the serial number and click Next. In case you are activating a demo period, go to the step 5.

3.If you have a previous license, provide its serial number. Select the corresponding option, then enter the serial number or drag the key file to the dotted area (alternatively, click the area to browse the key file).

If you have been a user of Dr.Web in the past and are activating a new license, you are eligible for extension of your new license for another 150 days. To get additional 150 days, you need to submit your previous license data: a serial number or a license key file.

If you have been a user of Dr.Web in the past and are activating a renewal license, you need to submit serial number or a license key file of your previous license. In case neither a serial number nor a license key file is provided, the new license period will be reduced by 150 days.

Click Next.

4.Enter personal data (registration name, region, city, and so on). The Registration name field is obligatory and should be filled in. If you want to receive news about Doctor Web by email, select the corresponding check box. Click Next.

5.The license will be activated and installed on your Mac. Usually, this procedure does not require your active participation. If the activation procedure completed successfully, the corresponding message appears where the license validity period or demo period is specified.

Click Done. If the activation failed, an error message appears.

To get demo

If you installed Dr.Web with demonstration purposes, click Get demo. You can activate a demo period to evaluate Dr.Web:

For 3 months. For that, register on the website and receive a serial number. Serial number is sent to the email address specified during the questionnaire. You can activate it by clicking Activate license in License Manager.

For 1 month. For that purpose, no serial number is required and no registration data is requested.

To purchase license

If you do not have a serial number, on the first step of the activation procedure, click Purchase license to purchase the license from Doctor Web online store.

It is recommended that you keep the license key file until it expires. If you re-install the product or install it on several computers, you will be able to use the previously activated license key file.

To install existing license key file

1.On the first step of the activation procedure, click Other activation types.

2.If you already have a license key file or a configuration file required for the connection to the anti-virus network and operation in the central protection mode, drag it to the dotted area or click to browse to select the file.

3.To activate you license, click Next.

Subsequent activation

You may need to reactivate a license or demo period if the license key file is lost.

Note

When reactivating a license or a demo period you receive the same license key file as during the previous activation providing that the validity period is not expired.

 

A demo period can be reactivated only on the computer where the activation procedure was run.

One serial number can be activated not more than 25 times. If more requests are sent, the license will not be activated. In this case, to receive a lost license key file, contact technical support describing your problem in detail, stating your personal data input during the license activation and the serial number.