Temporary transfer of lifetime license to another PC I own

[swarfega]

My main PC which has the life time license of MBM is down at the moment (in pieces), I was wondering if I could temporarily move the license to this computer and then transfer it back when the main PC is working again. I visit some 300 websites a week for work and would feel protected with MBM resident.

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[exile360]

Greetings,

Yes, you certainly may.  The easiest way to do so would be to log into your account at My.Malwarebytes.com to deactivate the license from the other system then you will be able to activate it on your second PC.  If you have no created an account yet instructions for doing so may be found in this support article and details on deactivating your license there may be found at the bottom of this support article.

Please let us know if you have any trouble and if there is anything else we might assist you with.

Thanks

[nukecad]

Why not just put a 14 day free trial version on the temporary PC?

There was recently a three month trial offer, I'm not sure if that is still available?

[SPDIF]

That is easy to do, but you need to make an account here first;

My Malwarebytes Account

There you register your key, then you can deactivate it on your crashed pc, then you can re-use your key on another computer. Just install Malwarebytes on your new pc and insert the key for activation.

[exile360]

3 minutes ago, nukecad said:

Why not just put a 14 day free trial version on the temporary PC?

There was recently a three month trial offer, I'm not sure if that is still available?

Yes, the 14 day free trial is also an option.

I was not aware of any extended/3 month trial, but I'm a Premium user so I would not have seen it.

[swarfega]

Am I right in thinking that the un licensed version is not resident. it doesnt offer real time protection?

[nukecad]

That 3 month trial offer was back in February, but I've just checked and it has now ended.

The trial versions offer RTP for a 14 day period, after that they revert to unlicenced scan-only mode.

[swarfega]

hmm I appear not to have access to any of the pages in my account pages.

[exile360]

If you have not created an account on My.Malwarebytes.com yet then you won't be able to access it until you do so.

As for the free trial, if you install Malwarebytes onto your new system it should automatically start the 14 day trial for you which includes real-time protection.

[swarfega]

This is only a temporary state of affairs until the main pc is back up so 14 days should be sufficient.

[swarfega]

So I need to click the trash can to remove the main machine. How would I add this pc?

[Porthos]

37 minutes ago, swarfega said:

How would I add this pc?

If you deactivated it on the web portal you can just use the key on the new machine.

[swarfega]

ok thanks.

[swarfega]

I have now activated MBM on this PC. Thanks everyone for your help.

[exile360]

Excellent, we're glad to help.  If there is anything else you need help with just let us know.

Thanks  

[swarfega]

Thanks again.

[Porthos]

20 minutes ago, swarfega said:

I have now activated MBM on this PC. Thanks everyone for your help.

When you are done with this temp computer, Deactivate it within the program itself when the other computer is ready and you will not have to worry about using the portal.