License Manager |
In graphics mode, License manager allows to view information on the current license issued for the Dr.Web for Linux user. License data is stored in a license key file that provides operation of Anti-virus on the user computer. If neither license key file nor demo key file is found on the computer, all Dr.Web for Linux functions (including file check, file system monitoring, virus database update) are blocked. License Manager page is available in the Dr.Web for Linux graphical interface. To open the License manager page, click the License button on the Main page or click If a demo key file or license key file for Dr.Web for Linux to use is found, the License Manager start page displays license information including license number, license owner, and duration period. This information is retrieved from the corresponding key file. The picture below shows appearance of the License Manager page. Picture 16. License information page To delete a license key file, click the cross icon next to the license number. You can close License Manager at any stage by clicking the Close button at the bottom of the window. Once the button is clicked, the Main page of the Dr.Web for Linux opens. To activate a license via License Manager and obtain the corresponding key file providing functionality of Dr.Web for Linux (which includes purchasing a new license or renewing the current one) or obtain a demo license, click Activate license. After that, the registration wizard opens. Note that the registration wizard also opens automatically when Anti-virus is first started after its installation. On the first step, select the activation type which can be one of the following: 1.Activation of license or demo period using a serial number 2.Obtaining a demo period 3.Installation of a key file obtained earlier 4.Activation of Anti-virus via the central protection server
1) Activation of license or demo period using a serial number To activate a license or demo period using a serial number, select the Activate license item on the first step of the registration procedure. After that, enter the serial number in the four-segmented box and click Next. Picture 17. Registration using a serial number
Once you click the Next button, connection to the Doctor Web registration server is established. If the serial number, which you specified on the first step, was obtained from the Doctor Web website and issued for a three month's demo period, further steps are not required for its activation. If the specified serial number corresponds to the license for using Dr.Web for Linux on two computers, you need to select on how many computers you would like to use the product. If you select on two computers, you can activate the second serial number on another computer and receive the second license key file. At that, the licenses are valid for the same period (for example, for one year). If you select on one computer, specify the second serial number in the appeared four-segmented box. In this case, you cannot register this serial number later on another computer (as well as use a copy of the license key file resulting from activation of a combined license), but the duration of the current license is doubled (for example, extended to two years if the license period is one year). Picture 18. Selecting the number of computers After you select the number of computers on which you would like to activate the license, click Next. On this step, you are prompted to receive a bonus and extend the license period for 150 days. To enable the bonus, specify the previously purchased license if any. Picture 19. License renewal If you specify a license which is not expired, the activated license period will be extended by the remaining period of the previous license and by the bonus of 150 days. You can skip this step (by clicking Skip), but in this case the remaining period of the previous license will be lost and the bonus will not be enabled. If you activate a license with two serial numbers, the bonus period will processed depending on the option you specified at the previous step. •On two computers, and this computer is the first one. To enable the bonus of 150 days for the first computer, specify the serial number of the previous license issued for this computer (if any). Do not specify the second serial number of the previous license here. •On two computers, and this computer is the second one. To enable the bonus of 150 days for the second computer, specify either the serial number of the previous license issued for this computer (if any), or the serial number of the previous license issued for the first computer (if any). •On one computer. In this case, not only the duration of the purchased licensed is doubled, but also the license period is extended for 150 days. Moreover, if you specify the previous license issued for the second computer, the doubled period of the new license will be extended by another 150 days (and by the remaining period of the previous license).
To specify the previous license, you can either enter its serial number in the corresponding box or specify its key file. To specify the key file, do one of the following: •Specify the file path in the entry filed •Specify the file via the standard file chooser by clicking the Browse button •Drag and drop the file from the file manager window to the window of the Registration wizard Note that you can specify the zip archive containing the key file without unpacking it. To continue the registration, click Next. On the next step, specify personal data including the following: •Registration name •Your region (country), which is selected from the list •Correct email address All registration form fields are mandatory. Moreover, you can subscribe to Doctor Web newsletters (news emails are sent to the email address specified during the registration procedure) by selecting the corresponding check box. Picture 20. User information page
After all fields are filled in correctly, click the Next button to establish a server connection and obtain a license key file (note that clicking the button to continue registration means that you accept the privacy policy of Doctor Web applied to user personal information). If necessary, you can use the license key file on another computer after you remove it from this computer. If you would like to activate a demo period that provides full functionality of Dr.Web for Linux components for a period of 30 days, select the Get demo item and click Next. Picture 21. Obtaining a demo key file
3) Installation of a key file obtained earlier If you already have a valid license and the related key file (for example, obtained from Doctor Web or Doctor Web partners via email), you can activate Dr.Web for Linux by installing this key file. For that purpose, click Other activation types on the first step and specify the key file path in the displayed box and click Next. Picture 22. Activation using the key file To specify the key file, do one of the following: •Specify the file path in the entry filed •Specify the file via the standard file chooser by clicking the Browse button •Drag and drop the file from the file manager window to the window of the Registration wizard Note that you can specify the zip archive containing the key file without unpacking it. After you specify the key file path (or the path to the archive containing the key file), click Next to install the key file automatically. If required, the key file is automatically unpacked and copied to the directory with Anti-virus files. An Internet connection is not required. 4) Activation of Anti-virus via the central protection server You can activate your Anti-virus by connecting it to the central protection server which allows for central administration of the anti-virus network. In this case, the server generates a key file required for Anti-virus operation. Choose this activation type only if the provider or corporate network administrator delivered a special file which stores settings for connection of your Anti-virus to the central protection server. To connect Anti-virus to the central protection server, click Other activation types on the first step, specify the path to the settings file and click Next. Picture 23. Activation using the settings file To specify the key file, do one of the following: •Specify the file path in the entry filed •Specify the file via the standard file chooser by clicking the Browse button •Drag and drop the file from the file manager window to the window of the Registration wizard Note that you can specify the zip archive containing the key file without unpacking it. After you specify the path to the settings file (or the archive containing this file) click Next to establish connection to the central protection server (a network connection is required). After the registration procedure completes (regardless of the selected activation type), the final page of the wizard with the corresponding notification displays. Click Complete to exit the wizard and open the Main page of the Dr.Web for Linux. Picture 24. Successful registration notification If an error occurs on any step of the procedure, a page with the corresponding notification and short error description is displayed. The picture below shows an example of such a page. Picture 25. Error message If an error occurs, you can return to the previous step and make corrections (for example, correct the serial number or specify the correct file path). To return to the previous step, click Back. If the error is caused due to a temporary problem (for example, temporary network failure), you can attempt to retry the operation by clicking Retry. If necessary, you can click Close to cancel the registration and exit the wizard. In this case, you need to retry the registration procedure later. You can access the reference materials on any step by clicking
If necessary (for example, if you decided to use Dr.Web for Linux on another computer), you can delete an installed license key file that manages Anti-virus operation. For that purpose, open the page with license information (the start page of License manager) and click the cross icon next to the number of the current license. After that, confirm deletion of the license key file in the appeared window by clicking Yes. If you want to cancel the deletion, click No. Picture 26. Confirmation dialog before deleting a license key file
After a license key file is deleted, all anti-virus functions of Dr.Web for Linux (file scanning, virus database updating, file system monitoring) are blocked until a new license or demo period is activated. |