CHAPTER 7. USING LICENSES
The license for Kaspersky Anti-Virus is issued for a certain period (as a rule, it is
one year from the purchase date) and is limited by either the daily mail traffic
processed by the application or the number of protected email addresses. In the
latter case, the application scans email traffic for the domains specified in the
application configuration file and for the servers on which the application is
installed.
When the license to use Kaspersky Anti-Virus expires, the application will
continue its operation, but it will be unable to further update its anti-virus
databases. The Anti-Virus will continue to cure infected objects, but it will use its
old databases.
7.1. License keys management
A license key entitles you to use the product and contains all the required data
pertaining to the license which you have purchased, such as license type,
expiration date, information about distributors, etc.
Besides the right to use the product during the period of license validity, you are
entitled to the following:
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round-the-clock technical support;
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daily updates of anti-virus databases;
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software updates (patches);
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new software versions (upgrades);
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timely notifications about new viruses.
These benefits also expire with the license. Kaspersky Anti-Virus will continue
scanning your server mail traffic, but it will only use the anti-virus database that
was current at the time that the license expired. The updating function will be
unavailable. If you try to update the database manually, the application will stop
working.
Therefore, it is very important to periodically check the information contained in
the license key and keep track of its expiry date.
If your license is limited by mail traffic, it provides protection only of a certain
amount of daily mail traffic specified in the license key. If daily mail traffic
exceeds the license limit, the administrator will be prompted for the need to
purchase a license for the amount of extra traffic.
