The other day I found one of my old valid license key files for avast. It’s still good for another year, so I decided to install it on one of my newer computers…(The license key “only” worked for 1 computer tho) A couple of hours later avast started showing pop-ups saying my avast license was “illegal”.
I was wondering if the fact it “detected” that my license key was “illegal” means it turned off any protection or features… or changed anything… Is it just the annoying pop-up? …or is my computer “vulnerable” to all the “viruses”, “trojans”,“spyware” and “hackers” of the world?
You can visit my.avast.com and check the state of your license.
If it is invalid, you won’t receive further updates and then you’ll be vulnerable to new virus, trojans, etc.
@Tech, My license is valid in some sense, avast tells me “everything is good” and under my subscription status it says it’s “active” and I have 619 days remaining… yet this morning avast had the illegal message pop-up but had another pop-up on the bottom saying it had “auto-updated”… is avast just faking to update? I checked online and it shows it as active… but I’m guessing for my other computer.
@bob3160 You are right, that would be the only options I have. It just bothers me how avast lets you know your license is “illegal” but still pretends your “protected”.
If no difference - try a repair of avast:
XP - Add Remove programs, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Change/Remove button and select Repair, click next and follow.
Vista, win7 or later - Control Panel, Programs & Features, uninstall a program, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Uninstall/Change and select Repair, click next and follow.
You may need to reboot after the repair.
That said you mentioned "but I’m guessing for my other computer. " are you trying to test that validity of the license on two computers ?
If it wasn’t a multi PC license then avast would possibly have detected that license in use (the update checks) on more systems than the license is for.
The off-line updates are different as they are a stand alone executable (of the complete database); it isn’t the same in that your system isn’t connecting to the Virus Definitions servers, where validation can be checked against the license.
