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Title: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 30, 2010, 07:28:35 PM
Help with the following problem. Registered avast! Free Antivirus on the page http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php (http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php) but the file with registration key, I never received.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Pondus on January 30, 2010, 07:36:50 PM
How to register avast free, see page 8
http://www.avast.com/documentation/quick-start-guide-free-en-ww.pdf
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 30, 2010, 07:51:47 PM
I watched the specified direction. But is the registration key must not be sent to the e-mail?
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Pondus on January 30, 2010, 08:02:28 PM
you don`t need a key if you are online when registering.
Click the register button in the program / fill out the form with name and email / click register and done.....


The key is only if you need to register a computer that is not online
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 30, 2010, 08:07:29 PM
Pondus, avast registered through online registration, but still wanted to license key was the case of reinstalling antivirus.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: BoerenkoolMetWorstEnJus on January 30, 2010, 08:11:57 PM
Then you can just register again, maybe same emailadress won't work but they don't send you email anyway, entering bullshit also works, for example if you only enter 123 as name and 123@123.com as email it works to :P
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 30, 2010, 08:22:22 PM
badly that at this time registration keys are not sent to the e-mail. As I understand it, if I reinstall the antivirus, you will need to register again?
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: mikhalek on January 30, 2010, 10:13:40 PM
There are 2 options - you can register Avast from the program or from the Avast website. When I registered freshly installed Avast on my computer through the program - I did not receive notification on my mail... Then I repeated same procedure through website - and in 24 hours period I received mail with the key for 24 month.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: BoerenkoolMetWorstEnJus on January 30, 2010, 11:18:30 PM
I'm not sure if this also applies to the free version but after you are licensed/registered avast creates a license file. If you create a backup of the license file then you can put it back in it's original place after reinstall and it should work again. The file is called license.avastlic and its location depends on the OS. For Vista it's: C:\ProgramData\Alwil Software\Avast5
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 11:23:23 AM
There are 2 options - you can register Avast from the program or from the Avast website. When I registered freshly installed Avast on my computer through the program - I did not receive notification on my mail... Then I repeated same procedure through website - and in 24 hours period I received mail with the key for 24 month.
Only that once again registered the avast! Free Antivirus at http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php. I will wait for a letter with the license key. I would hope that I will send it within the promised 24 hours.
Do not have time to finish writing this post as I received a letter with the license key. The license key was sent to me within 5 minutes after registration.
Thank Alwil!
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 11:31:03 AM
I'm not sure if this also applies to the free version but after you are licensed/registered avast creates a license file. If you create a backup of the license file then you can put it back in it's original place after reinstall and it should work again. The file is called license.avastlic and its location depends on the OS. For Vista it's: C:\ProgramData\Alwil Software\Avast5
avast! Free Antivirus does not create a license file license.avastlic at C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5. Perhaps the license file is created only in avast! Pro Antivirus and avast! Internet Security.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Hermite15 on January 31, 2010, 11:36:12 AM
what version of Avast free are you using ?
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 11:41:15 AM
what version of Avast free are you using ?
I use avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.396
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Hermite15 on January 31, 2010, 11:45:59 AM
what version of Avast free are you using ?
I use avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.396

so don't bother at all with the online registration page, just fill up the form in the UI to registrer, and you'll be instantly registered. No need to back up any key (I don't even think there is one, but just an entry in the registry or a file to keep the record, can't check now, I'm on AIS), this is just done for statistic purposes in the free version and you'll be able to register in the same way again and again (in case you'd have to reinstall). I've never used this online registration page when I was running the free, but they might send a code similar to V4, not sure...don't bother with that  ;) (One thing is sure, you can't use a V4 code, but there's also a way, a button, to enter such a code in V5 free, as opposed to pointing to a license file like for "pro" or "IS".)
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 11:56:12 AM
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so don't bother at all with the online registration page, just fill up the form in the UI to registrer, and you'll be instantly registered. No need to back up any key, this is just done for statistic purposes in the free version and you'll be able to register in the same way again and again (in case you'd have to reinstall).
I have already registered avast! Free Antivirus. Thank you, Logos, for your attention to my question. Letter to the license key is, as it validated the use of anti-virus, if you are using avast! Free Antivirus, in accordance with the terms of the license agreement, that is for home use.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Pondus on January 31, 2010, 11:57:19 AM
Somone should make a video tutorial ( there was on 4.8 ) on how to do this.........
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 12:16:18 PM
Somone should make a video tutorial ( there was on 4.8 ) on how to do this.........
My personal opinion is that making video guide to registration is a waste of time. The registration procedure is very simple and this is discussed in detail on page 8 in the manual: http://www.avast.com/documentation/quick-start-guide-free-en-ww.pdf.

I would advise you to fill in all fields, if you want to register at http://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php, and not only those fields which are marked by asterisks. In this case, registration will be successful.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: mikhalek on January 31, 2010, 12:19:55 PM
Yeap, too simple... ;D
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Hermite15 on January 31, 2010, 12:20:25 PM
LOL, just found  ;D http://www.avast.com/files/tutorials/insert_key.htm
edit: ...hmm...that's for V4  :-X
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 12:32:42 PM
Yeap, too simple... ;D
mikhalek  ;D, as they say in Russia: "without the bottle can not make out" ;)
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: mikhalek on January 31, 2010, 12:34:55 PM
Yeap, too simple... ;D
mikhalek  ;D, as they say in Russia: "without the bottle can not make out" ;)
100% agree ;D
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Pondus on January 31, 2010, 12:37:21 PM
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I would advise you to fill in all fields, if you want to register
Me......?.....I have no problem with this.... it was you who started this topic
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Onix on January 31, 2010, 12:38:42 PM
ahaha,LOL ;D but the registration process is much more easy then in 4.8
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 12:43:56 PM
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I would advise you to fill in all fields, if you want to register
Me......?.....I have no problem with this.... it was you who started this topic
Pondus, it is addressed to those who did not come to a license key by mail.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Pondus on January 31, 2010, 12:46:32 PM
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I would advise you to fill in all fields, if you want to register
Me......?.....I have no problem with this.... it was you who started this topic
Pondus, it is addressed to those who did not come to a license key by mail.
And you don`t need no key in the e-mail if you register online, as the pdf doc shows on page 8
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Hermite15 on January 31, 2010, 12:49:32 PM
AK 47, you clearly started the topic asking for help on a topic that doesn't require any, normally, so I'm now wondering what your point was exactly  ???
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: AK-47 on January 31, 2010, 01:41:47 PM
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I would advise you to fill in all fields, if you want to register
Me......?.....I have no problem with this.... it was you who started this topic
Pondus, it is addressed to those who did not come to a license key by mail.
And you don`t need no key in the e-mail if you register online, as the pdf doc shows on page 8

Pondus,
avast! Free Antivirus 5, you can register in two ways. The first way is to fill out a form on the site, and the second way to register through the avast! Free Antivirus 5. I am experimenting with both ways and check-in both cases passed successfully. Shall make a reservation, that every man chooses which way to sign for him more comfortable.

AK 47, you clearly started the topic asking for help on a topic that doesn't require any, normally, so I'm now wondering what your point was exactly  ???
Logos,
my problem was that I did not receive an email with the license key. Perhaps due to the fact that I badly speak in English, I was not so understood. The reason for absence was solved simply, I have 3-4 times, tried to register via the form on the site Avast. Registration was successful and they sent me a license key for e-mail.

As I wrote the issue resolved. Further continuation of this theme leads to empty flood.

Everyone who took part in the discussion, thank you for your attention.
Title: Re: Registration avast! Free Antivirus
Post by: Hermite15 on January 31, 2010, 01:46:09 PM
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Everyone who took part in the discussion, thank you for your attention

you're welcome  ;D

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Perhaps due to the fact that I badly speak in English, I was not so understood.
(didn't notice it was possible to have a conversation on the online registration page though  ???)