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To get a key file by an activation code, you should perform the following:
- Go to the activation center: https://activation.kaspersky.com/
- In the Activation code field enter your activation code. Leave the fields Customer ID and Password empty.
- Click Next
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- Enter your personal information on step Entering your personal data. Be attentive while entering your email address. If the entered address is incorrect, you will not be able to receive a key file
- On step Receiving key file you can change the email address you entered
- click the Get key by email to send an archive with a key file to the entered email address
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A key file is received by mail:
- open the received mail message
- right-click the attachment
- in the drop-down menu select Save as
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- choose the folder in which you would like to save the archive with the key file (for example, in the C:\root directory)
- click the Save button

- unpack the received archive by any archivator. The file can be unpacked in the same folder in which the archive was saved.
Once you have received a key file, install it in the product version 2009.
For example,
in Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 a new key file is added the following way:
- open the main application window
- choose License
- in the right part of the window click Activate the application
- in the Activation wizard select Activate using the key file
- click Browse
- select the folder into which you have unpacked content of the received archive and saved the key file
- double click the key file
- click Activate
- make sure the application has been activated successfully
- click Finish
- minimize the main application window
The dialog windows for Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 are the same but with corresponding dialog windows.