About licensing

This section contains information about the licensing of Kaspersky applications managed via Kaspersky Security Center.

About the license

A license is a time-limited right to use the application, granted under the terms of the End User License Agreement.

A license entitles you to the following kinds of services:

• Use of the application in accordance with the terms of the End User License Agreement
• Getting technical support

The scope of services and validity period depend on the type of license under which the application was activated.

The following license types are provided:

• Trial. A free license intended for trying out the application.

  A trial license usually has a short term. When the trial license expires, all Kaspersky Security Center features become disabled. To continue using the application, you need to purchase a commercial license.

  You can activate the application under a trial license only once.

• Commercial. A paid license granted upon purchase of the application.

  When the commercial license expires, key features of the application become disabled. To continue using Kaspersky Security Center, you must renew your commercial license. If you are not planning to renew your license, you must remove the application from your computer.

We recommend renewing the license before it expires, to ensure maximum protection against all security threats.

About the End User License Agreement

The End User License Agreement (License Agreement or EULA) is a binding agreement between you and AO Kaspersky Lab stipulating the terms under which you may use the application.

Please carefully read the License Agreement before you start using the application.

Kaspersky Security Center and its components, for example, Network Agent, have their own EULA.

You can view the terms of the End User License Agreement for Kaspersky Security Center using the following methods:

• During installation of Kaspersky Security Center.
• By reading the license.txt document included in the Kaspersky Security Center distribution kit.
• By reading the license.txt document in the Kaspersky Security Center installation folder.
• By downloading the license.txt file from the Kaspersky website.

You can view the terms of the End User License Agreement for Network Agent for Windows, Network Agent for Mac, Network Agent for Linux using the following methods:

• During downloading of Network Agent distribution package from the Kaspersky web servers.
• During installation of Network Agent for Windows, Network Agent for Mac, Network Agent for Linux.

Please note that when you install Network Agent for Linux, the End User License Agreement for Network Agent is displayed in English language. You can check the End User License Agreement for Network Agent in other languages in /opt/kaspersky/klnagent64/share/license folder before accepting the terms of the End User License Agreement during installation.

• By reading the license.txt document included in the Network Agent for Windows, Network Agent for Mac, Network Agent for Linux distribution package.
• By reading the license.txt document in the Network Agent for Windows, Network Agent for Mac, Network Agent for Linux installation folder.
• By downloading the license.txt file from the Kaspersky website.

You accept the terms of the End User License Agreement by confirming that you agree with the End User License Agreement when installing the application. If you do not accept the terms of the License Agreement, cancel the application installation and do not use the application.

About the license certificate

A license certificate is a document that you receive along with a key file or an activation code.

A license certificate contains the following information about the license provided:

• License key or order number
• Information about the user who has been granted the license
• Information about the application that can be activated under the license provided
• Limit of the number of licensing units (e.g., devices on which the application can be used under the license provided)
• License validity start date
• License expiration date or license term
• License type

About the license key

A license key is a sequence of bits that you can apply to activate and then use the application in accordance with the terms of the End User License Agreement. License keys are generated by Kaspersky specialists.

You can add a license key to the application using one of the following methods: by applying a key file or by entering an activation code. The license key is displayed in the application interface as a unique alphanumeric sequence after you add it to the application.

The license key may be blocked by Kaspersky in case the terms of the License Agreement have been violated. If the license key has been blocked, you need to add another one if you want to use the application.

A license key may be active or additional (or reserve).

An active license key is a license key that is currently used by the application. An active license key can be added for a trial or commercial license. The application cannot have more than one active license key.

An additional (or reserve) license key is a license key that entitles the user to use the application, but is not currently in use. The additional license key automatically becomes active when the license associated with the current active license key expires. An additional license key can be added only if an active license key has already been added.

A license key for a trial license can be added as an active license key. A license key for a trial license cannot be added as an additional license key.

About the key file

A key file is a file with the .key extension provided to you by Kaspersky. Key files are designed to activate the application by adding a license key.

You receive a key file at the email address that you provided when you bought Kaspersky Security Center or ordered the trial version of Kaspersky Security Center.

You do not need to connect to Kaspersky activation servers in order to activate the application with a key file.

You can restore a key file if it has been accidentally deleted. You may need a key file to register a Kaspersky CompanyAccount, for example.

To restore your key file, perform any of the following actions:

• Contact the license seller.
• Receive a key file through Kaspersky website by using your available activation code.

About the subscription

Subscription to Kaspersky Security Center is an order for use of the application under the selected settings (subscription expiration date, number of protected devices). You can register your subscription to Kaspersky Security Center with your service provider (for example, your internet provider). A subscription can be renewed manually or in automatic mode; also, you can cancel it.

A subscription can be limited (for example, one-year) or unlimited (with no expiration date). To continue using Kaspersky Security Center after a limited subscription expires, you must renew it. An unlimited subscription is renewed automatically if it has been prepaid to the service provider in due dates.

When a limited subscription expires, you may be provided a grace period for renewal during which the application continues to function. The availability and duration of the grace period is defined by the service provider.

To use Kaspersky Security Center under subscription, you must apply the activation code received from the service provider.

You can apply a different activation code for Kaspersky Security Center only after your subscription expires or when you cancel it.

Depending on the service provider, the set of possible actions for subscription management may vary. The service provider might not provide a grace period for subscription renewal and so the application loses its functionality.

Activation codes purchased under subscription cannot be used for activating earlier versions of Kaspersky Security Center.

When the application is used under subscription, Kaspersky Security Center automatically attempts to access the activation server at specified time intervals until the subscription expires. You can renew your subscription on the service provider's website.

About the activation code

Activation code is a unique sequence of 20 alphanumeric characters. You enter an activation code to add a license key that activates Kaspersky Security Center. You receive the activation code through the email address that you specified after purchasing Kaspersky Security Center or after ordering the trial version of Kaspersky Security Center.

To activate the application with an activation code, you need internet access to establish connection with Kaspersky activation servers.

If the application was activated with an activation code, the application in some cases sends regular requests to Kaspersky activation servers in order to check the current status of the license key. You must provide the application internet access to make it possible to send requests.

If you have lost your activation code after installing the application, contact the Kaspersky partner from whom you purchased the license.

You cannot use key files for activating managed applications; only activation codes are accepted.

Revoking consent with an End User License Agreement

If you decide to stop protection of your client devices, you can uninstall managed Kaspersky applications and revoke your End User License Agreement (EULA) for these applications.

To revoke a EULA for managed Kaspersky applications:

1. In the console tree, select Administration Server → Advanced → Accepted EULAs.

   A list of EULAs—accepted upon creation of installation packages, at the seamless installation of updates, or upon deployment of Kaspersky Security for Mobile—is displayed.

2. In the list, select the EULA that you want to revoke.

   You can view the following properties of the EULA:

   • Date when the EULA was accepted.
   • The name of the user who accepted the EULA.
   • Link to the terms of the EULA.
   • List of the objects that are connected to the EULA: names of installation packages, names of seamless updates, names of mobile apps.
3. Click the Revoke EULA button.

   In the window that opens, you are informed that you must uninstall Kaspersky application corresponding to the EULA.

4. Click the button to confirm revocation.

   Kaspersky Security Center checks whether the installation packages (corresponding to the managed Kaspersky application whose EULA you want to revoke) are deleted.

   You can revoke only the EULA for a managed Kaspersky application, whose installation packages are deleted.

The EULA is revoked. It is not displayed in the list of EULAs in the Administration Server → Advanced → Accepted EULAs section. You cannot protect client devices using a Kaspersky application whose EULA you have revoked.