Today I finally made the 5.0 update from 4.8. Everything went fine installing it, but the avast 5.0 won’t let me use my old 4.8 license key for. I’ve followed all the steps and my license key still won’t work. Anyone else that had similar problems care to share what I could do.
How to register avast 5 free
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On-line registration is very simple and it’s the preferred method for all users of avast Free Antivirus 5.0 installed on a computers with standard Internet connectivity. To perform on-line registration follow these steps:
http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=459
I know how to register. But I can’t use my old 4.8 avast license key in my updated 5.0 avast. Any other help?
Is this Avast! free you are talking about?
If it is Pro, this thread might help: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=55987.0
Yeah I’m using Pro and the OP of that thread was having the same problem I’m having, so thanks.
I really don’t want spend another 40 bucks when I have over 3 months left from my 4.8 Pro subscription.
Make sure you have version 4.8 installed first and registered with your current key, if it is not installed install it then restart.
Now download the trial of avast 5.0 pro (http://www.avast.com/pro-antivirus#tab4) and install it (it will upgrade your version 4.8 install to version 5.0), if asked about a key just choose trial version, when it’s finished installing restart the computer. After your restart, avast 5.0 should have recognized and converted your key to a license file. At this point your done but if you want to backup your license file download MJBKeyfinder (http://sourceforge.net/projects/keyfinder/) to find the location of your license file then you can back it up in case you need to reinstall later without needing to install version 4.8.
If you don’t want to use MJBKeyfinder you can just do a search for the following file: license.avastlic
It’s been awhile so sorry if that doesn’t work out for you, I just seem to remember having done it that way…
@ sudev.ms,
Converting Avast 4 Pro License Key to 5 Pro License File: http://www.avast.com/resend-license.php
Make sure you use the same email as you used to register for the 4.0 license.
Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thank you.