Appendix A. Licensing

Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite anti-virus solution requires a license.

The scope and price of Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite license depend on the number of protected stations including servers within the Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite network.

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You should provide this information to your local distributor when purchasing a license for Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite. The number of Dr.Web Servers running on the network does not affect the cost of the license.

License key file

Rights to use Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite are regulated by license key files.

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A license key file is write-protected with an electronic signature. Editing the file makes it invalid. To avoid accidentally corrupting a license key file, do not modify and/or save it after opening it in a text editor.

License key files are provided as a ZIP archive, which contains one or several key files for protected stations.

The user can receive the key files as follows:

A license key file is included into the Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite anti-virus distribution package with the purchase, if this license key file was included when the distribution package was created. However, generally only serial numbers are provided.

A license key file is sent to users by email after the product serial number has been registered at the Doctor Web company website at https://products.drweb.com/register/v4/ unless a different address was specified in the registration card attached to the product. Visit the website above, fill in the form with the buyer information and type the registration serial number (it is provided on the registration card) in the corresponding field. An archive with key files will be sent to the specified email address. Also, the key files will be available for download directly from the website.

A license key file can be provided on a separate storage medium.

It is recommended that you keep a license key file until it expires and use it to reinstall and restore program components. If a license key file is lost, you can repeat the registration process at the above mentioned website and restore the license key file. Please note that you will need to enter the same registration serial number and the same buyer information as during the initial registration, you can only change the email address. In this case, a license key file will be sent to the new address.

To familiarize yourself with the anti-virus, you can use demo key files. Such key files provide the full functionality of the main anti-virus components but have a limited time of use. Demo key files are sent upon a request made through the web form at https://download.drweb.com/demoreq/biz/. Your request will be considered individually. If it is approved, an archive with license key files will be sent to the specified email address.

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Detailed information on principles and features of Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite licensing is given in the Administrator Manual, Licensing.

The use of key files during the installation is described in Installation Manual, section Installing Dr.Web Server.

The use of key files for an already deployed anti-virus network is described in Administrator Manual, section License Manager.