[ RESOLVED ] Unable to get autorenewed subscription to activate

[MDMD74]

Hello...I received a confirmation email about a week ago, confirming that my autorenewal had been successfully processed for my Malwarebytes Premium (4.5.12) subscription, and that my credit card had been charged (which I confirmed by checking my credit card charge activity, and it is also showing on the completed orders page of my Malwarebytes.com account).  However, in the desktop application on my computer, I keep getting a pop up that says Malwarebytes was unable to renew my subscription, and that I need to update my payment info (which makes no sense, because the charge has already gone through so obviously they have the correct payment info).  If I click on "update payment info", I can see that the existing info is correct, so I do not want to change it...and I'm afraid if I resubmit the existing info I will be charged twice.  The desktop application currently says that my subscription is expired but has been temporarily extended, but I don't know for how long, and I am concerned about not being protected if the extension runs out before I can resolve the problem.  It looks like the license key provided in the renewal confirmation email is different than the one currently showing in the desktop application, so I attempted unsuccessfully to activate the new key, both within the desktop application by changing the key, and also via the Web account...at first both the old and new keys were showing on my Malwarebytes.com account with an Activate button option (which did not work when I clicked on it), but now I can only see the old key, and it is showing twice on the same page, with NO Activate button available.  I did not want to click the Download button option, because I already have the program downloaded.  I submitted a support ticket four days ago (Ticket #3957260), but have not received a response yet.  I need help getting my renewed subscription to activate, please.

[Malwarebytes]

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[Porthos]

10 minutes ago, MDMD74 said:

I submitted a support ticket four days ago (Ticket #3957260)

You need to wait on the ticket response.

Please submit only one ticket/request. Additional tickets will increase the delay.

Be advised it can take 3-7 weekdays for a response after the automated reply with your ticket number.

[MDMD74]

Thank you, Porthos.  I have now received a response to the ticket I submitted, and it seems as though they were able to fix the issue.  Hopefully the automated renewal process will go more smoothly next year!  🙂

[Porthos]

2 minutes ago, MDMD74 said:

Thank you, Porthos.  I have now received a response to the ticket I submitted, and it seems as though they were able to fix the issue.  Hopefully the automated renewal process will go more smoothly next year!  🙂

Any thing else we can assist with before I close this topic?

[MDMD74]

1 minute ago, Porthos said:

Any thing else we can assist with before I close this topic?

Not at the moment...thank you, I appreciate your help!

[Porthos]

Closing this topic as it's been resolved.