Unable to reactivate Avast Free antivirus

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According to this comment from the dev, I feel like it’s a GUI issue that does not recognize license renewal.

New version 25.9

As there has been little response by Avast staff on this issue, I am beginning to think the problem of annual renewing registration of Avast Free AV may be intentional, so that users of Free may no longer enjoy the free product for more than 1 year. Maybe Avast staff can prove me wrong on this. Hi @rocksteady and @DavidR , I’m sorry for the lack of updates on this topic. As of today, we are still trying to fix this issue. It turned out to be more challenging than anticipated due to ongoing …

Maybe you can just ignore “license expired” message.