New account but had avast in the past

Made an account after a fresh install of windows and fresh install of avast 7; it’s counting down the trial timer so I requested a free 1 year activation code. Problem is the code is 4 or 5 letters it seems longer than what’s allowed by the 3 activation code boxes where you enter the code.

All the tutorials and things that I’ve seen from others have a single bar to enter it into; I’m assuming these were from older versions of avast. I’m just wondering what I missed or what I need to do to get a proper code? I’ve tried updating avast as well and it says everything is up to date.

Registering avast! Free Antivirus

https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1073

I went to that link before I don’t have a register option only a purchase one that takes me to the market.

are you sure you have downloaded the free version ?

you may attach a screenshot.

Got it working thanks for your help; did a fresh install again and doesn’t seem to be giving me the same hangup.