Loading a license on a local system with AntiVir Premium/AntiVir Premium Security Suite
Proceed as follows if you need to load a license to unlock or extend your full version of AntiVir Premium or AntiVir Premium Security Suite:
- Save your license file from the email that you received from us
- Start AntiVir by double-clicking on the umbrella icon in the taskbar
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Click on “Help → License management”.

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This opens the license wizard. In the last sentence click on hbedv.key.

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You can now navigate to the folder with your saved license file using the explorer that now opened up. Select the file by double-clicking on it.

- A standard warning about possible limitations of the new license will appear in case you are already using a valid license (e.g. when you are extending your current one). Ignore this and select “Yes”.
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The following message will appear after you have successfully loaded your license file:

- In the next window click on “Finish”. Now you have successfully unlocked or extended Avira AntiVir Premium or Avira Premium Security Suite.
Affected products
- Avira AntiVir Premium, Version 10 [Windows]
- Avira Premium Security Suite, Version 10 [Windows]
- Created : Wednesday, February 2, 2011
- Last updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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