An activation code is a code you get when you purchase a license to use Kaspersky Small Office Security. It consists of 20 Latin characters and is divided into blocks in the following way: ХХХХХ-ХХХХХ-ХХХХХ-ХХХХХ. This code is required to activate the application.
You can get an activation code in a number of ways, depending on how you purchased the application:
To avoid losing your activation code, connect the device with Kaspersky Small Office Security installed to your Kaspersky Small Office Security Management Console account. See this article for instructions.
Information about your license will be available in the Licenses tab. You can view the activation code by clicking Details.
Enter the activation code for Kaspersky Small Office Security into the field in the Activation window.
If you haven't activated the application yet, the Activation window will open automatically every time you run the application. In other cases, open the main application window and click License → Enter activation code.
A license gives you the right to use the application for a certain period of time, on the basis of the End User License Agreement.
A license includes the right to:
The license for Kaspersky Small Office Security gives you the right to use the following applications:
A license key is a set of 32 characters. It consists of 5 blocks in the format ХХХХХXXX-ХХХХ-ХХХХ-ХХХХ-XXXXXXXXXXXX. The license key is needed in order to recover a lost activation code or to renew the license at a discount.
You can find the key in the Licensing window after activating Kaspersky Small Office Security.
If you license has not yet expired, you can add a new activation code as a reserve activation code. This means the code will not get lost. Once your license term ends, Kaspersky Small Office Security will be activated automatically with the new activation code.
If your activation code has been lost, accidentally removed, or has expired earlier than it was supposed to, you can restore it.
Contact the online store and specify in your request:
If the product was purchased in the Kaspersky online store:
Send a request to Kaspersky technical support by choosing the topic and filling out the form. Include in your request:
A refund is only possible based on the decision of the technical support.
If an activation code has never been applied to a computer, it has no validity period.
The validity period of the activation code begins from the first time it is activated. If the code is intended to be used on multiple computers, the validity period will begin when it is activated on the first computer.
After the license has expired, the Kaspersky Small Office Security anti-virus databases will no longer be updated and some components will be restricted.
If you try to download and install new databases manually, the application will stop working.
You cannot renew the license with a trial license.
Once the term of the trial license expires, the application will stop working: protection will be disabled and you will be unable to update the anti-virus databases.
You cannot activate the product with a trial license more than once.
After your license has expired, activate Kaspersky Small Office Security with a new activation code, or renew the license in the Renewal & Upgrade Center.
You will not have to reinstall the application.
To view detailed license information:
The following window will show:
If the current license has not yet expired, the new activation code will be reserved. The new code will be used automatically as soon as your current license expires.
Before you reinstall your operating system, make sure that the application is connected to your Kaspersky Small Office Security Management Console account.
After reinstalling the operating system:
You can only activate Kaspersky Small Office Security with an activation code in the country of the store you purchased the license in.
If you try to activate the application with an activation code intended for a different country, you will get the error “Activation code is invalid for this region”. This will happen, for example, if you bought the application in the Indian online store, but you installed it and are trying to activate it in the United Kingdom.
The license is provided for a specific number devices, not a specific number of activations. For example, if your activation code covers five computers, you will not be able to use the license on six or more computers at the same time.
If you wish to protect more devices than the amount covered by your license, you can purchase protection for more devices in the online store or from your nearest Kaspersky retail partner store.
To renew the license for Kaspersky Small Office Security, buy a renewal activation code at a discount and add it to the application. You can also activate the application via the Kaspersky Small Office Security Management Console. See this Online Help page for more information.
If you experienced any issues when purchasing an activation code, contact our partners.
If you bought the license via the Kaspersky website:
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