AVAST END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
(FOR HOME & HOME OFFICE)
PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”)
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE (AS DEFINED BELOW). THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING
CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND AVAST SOFTWARE a.s., A COMPANY DULY ORGANIZED AND
EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, REGISTERED IN THE COMMERCIAL
REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN PRAGUE IN SECTION B, INSERT NO. 11402
(“AVAST”). BY ASSENTING ELECTRONICALLY, INSTALLING OR USING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT
ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, do not continue the installation process and delete or destroy all copies of the Software in your
possession.
This Agreement accompanies certain software (including any upgrades or updates thereto as provided by AVAST, the
Software) and related explanatory written materials (the “Documentation).
1. License
AVAST grants to you a non-exclusive license to use the Software and the Documentation for the agreed term indicated
in the Documentation or applicable transaction materials made available to you at the time you purchase the Software
(the “Service Period”), provided that you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2. Permitted Use of the Software
You may install and use the Software on up to the agreed number of computers indicated in the Documentation or other
transaction materials made available to you at the time you purchase the Software (the Permitted Number of
Computers”). The Software must be used exclusively by you or members of your household. You may also make one
backup copy of the Software.
Provided the Software is configured for network use, you may install and use the Software on one or more file servers
for use on a single local area network for only one (but not both) of the following purposes:
2.1 either permanent installation of the Software onto a hard disk or other storage device for up to the Permitted
Number of Computers, or
2.2 use of the Software over such single local area network, provided the number of different computers on which
the Software is used does not exceed the Permitted Number of Computers.
ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION OR ANY
RESALE OR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL BREACH OF
THIS AGREEMENT AND MAY VIOLATE APPLICABLE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
3. Upgrades and Updates
Upgrades and updates of the Software shall be provided to you by AVAST during the term of the license indicated in
the Documentation or other transaction materials made available to you at the time you purchase the Software.
You will not be entitled to receive any feature or content updates or upgrades of the Software unless you renew the
Service Period or purchase a new subscription.
4. Ownership Rights
The Software and Documentation is the intellectual property of AVAST and is protected by applicable copyright laws,
international treaty provisions and other applicable laws of the country in which the Software is being used. The
structure, organization and code of the Software are valuable trade secrets and confidential information of AVAST. To
the extent you provide any comments or suggestions about the Software to AVAST, AVAST shall have the right to
retain and use any such comments or suggestions in our current or future products or services, without further
compensation to you and without your approval of such retention or use.
Except as stated in this Agreement, your possession, installation and use of the Software does not grant you any rights
or title to any intellectual property rights in the Software or Documentation. All rights to the Software and
Documentation, including all associated copyrights, patents, trade secret rights, trademarks and other intellectual
property rights, are reserved by AVAST.
5. Restrictions
You may not copy or use the Software or the Documentation except as set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement. You
may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Software; any copies that you are permitted to make pursuant
to this Agreement must contain the same copyright and other proprietary notices that appear on and in the Software.
You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software or otherwise
attempt to discover the source code of the Software or algorithms contained therein or create any derivative works from
the Software. You are not permitted to use the Software in connection with the provision of any commercial services
which include processing or transferring the data of or for other persons or entities (“Data”), including cloud computing
and “Software as a Service” solutions, providing storage capacities for Data; transmitting, routing of or providing
connection to Data or providing information search tool services. You may not permit third parties to benefit from the
use or functionality of the Software via a timesharing, service bureau or other similar arrangement.
6. Transfer
You may not rent, lease, sub-license, or lend the Software or the Documentation or any portions thereof. You may,
however, transfer all your rights to use the Software and the Documentation to another person provided that (i) the
transferee accepts the terms of this Agreement; (ii) you transfer the Software, including all copies, updates and prior
versions, and all Documentation to such person; and (iii) you retain no copies of the Software or of the Documentation,
including but not limited to copies stored on your computer. Partial transfer of your rights under this Agreement,
including transferring use of a portion of the Permitted Number of Computers to another person, is strictly prohibited.
7. Limited Warranty; Disclaimers and Exclusion of Liability
AVAST warrants to you that the Software will perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation for a
period of thirty (30) days following your receipt of the Software. To make a warranty claim, you must return the
Software to the location where you obtained it along with a copy of your sales receipt within the thirty (30) day
warranty period. If the Software does not perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation, the entire and
exclusive liability of AVAST and its distributors and agents and your exclusive remedy shall be limited to, at
AVAST’S option, either (i) replacement of the Software or (ii) refund of the license fee you paid for the Software This
limited warranty is void if the Software does not perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation as a
result of any accident, abuse, alteration or misapplication of the Software by you or any third party other than AVAST,
its distributors or agents.
Be aware that the Software may make changes to your computer that may adversely affect its functionality, such as
deleting system or application files identified (correctly or incorrectly) by the Software as infected. You acknowledge
and agree to such changes to your computer that may occur as a result of your use of the Software. The Software is not
fault-tolerant and as such is not designed for use in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance.
AVAST AND ITS DISTRIBUTORS DO NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS
YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION. THE REMEDY IN THIS SECTION
STATES THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES FOR AVAST'S OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS OR AGENTS’
BREACH OF WARRANTY. EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY, THE SOFTWARE IS
PROVIDED “AS IS” AND AVAST AND ITS DISTRIBUTORS MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM
ANY AND ALL CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR
JURISPRUDENCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT
OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, MERCHANTABILITY, SUITABLE QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
YOU AGREE AND ACCEPT THAT, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL
AVAST OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, ESPECIALLY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST
SAVINGS OR LOST DATA, EVEN IF AVAST OR ITS DISTRIBUTOR OR AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY. YOU AGREE AND
ACCEPT THAT, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO CASE SHALL AVAST’S OR ITS
DISTRIBUTORS’ OR AGENTS’ LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THE LICENSE
FEE YOU PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE FOR THE APPLICABLE SERVICE PERIOD.
THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY OF AVAST AND ITS DISTRIBUTORS
DO NOT LIMIT POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY OR FRAUD OVER THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS.
8. Privacy; Processing of Personal Information
The Software automatically and from time to time may collect certain information, which may include personally
identifiable information, from the computer on which it is installed, including:
8.1 URLs of visited websites that the Software identifies as potentially infected, together with the information on
the nature of identified threats (e.g. viruses, Trojans, tracking cookies and any other forms of malware) and
URLs of several sites visited before the infection was identified to ascertain the source of the infection;
8.2 Information and files (including executable files) on your computer identified by the Software as potentially
infected, together with the information about the nature of identified threats;
8.3 Information about the sender and subject of emails identified by the Software as potentially infected, together
with the information on the nature of identified threats;
8.4 Information contained in emails reported by you as spam or as incorrectly identified as spam by the Software;
8.5 Copies of the files identified by the Software as potentially infected or parts thereof may be automatically sent
to AVAST for further examination and analysis;
8.6 Certain information about your computer hardware, software and/or network connection;
8.7 Certain information about the installation and operation of the Software and encountered errors or problems;
8.8 Statistical information about threats detected by the Software; and
8.9 If your version of the Software includes the Website reputation function, which provides information on
reputation of web sites as potential sources of malware, and you set the Website reputation function to active,
the Software may send AVAST the URLs of all websites you want to visit and the results of your web
searches through search engines.
The information collected by the Software is generally not correlated with any other personal information related to
you that AVAST may be processing such as information given by you to AVAST or its distributors or agents during
the process of ordering and downloading the Software. Unless you have permitted otherwise, the information collected
by the Software is used anonymously in aggregation with similar information from other users of the Software for
analytical purposes to identify new viruses and threats and for improvement and development of the Software and for
statistical purposes.
By using the Software you acknowledge and agree that AVAST or its distributors or agents may collect and use the
information as described above. You are giving this consent on behalf of all users of all computers where the Software
will be used under this license and you accept full responsibility for informing all users and acquiring their fully
informed, free and valid consent with processing of their personal information by the Software as described above.
The collected information may be transferred to third parties or to other countries that may have less protective data
protection laws than the country or region in which you are situated (including the European Union). AVAST takes
measures to ensure that any collected information will receive an adequate level of protection if and when transferred.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Documentation or other materials provided to you
in connection with the Software, AVAST reserves all rights to cooperate with any legal process or government inquiry
(including, but not limited to, court orders and law enforcement requests) related to your use of the Software. In
connection with such cooperation, AVAST may provide documents and information relevant to a court subpoena or
government or other legal investigation, which may include disclosure of your personally identifiable information.
AVAST may also use statistics derived from the collected information to track and publish reports on security risk
trends.
By using the Software, you acknowledge and agree that AVAST may collect, transmit, store, disclose and analyze such
information for any of the foregoing purposes listed in this Section.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the AVAST privacy policy, you consent during the term of this Agreement
and for one (1) year thereafter to (i) AVAST sharing information collected by you during your purchase, installation or
registration of the Software with AVAST’s distributors and other business partners and (ii) use of such information by
AVAST, its distributors and other business partners to present you with information that may be relevant to you,
including offers of software, services or other products.
9. U.S. Government Restricted Rights
This Software and Documentation are deemed to be commercial computer software and “commercial computer
software documentation”, respectively, and subject to certain restricted rights as identified in FAR Section 52.227-19
"Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights" and DFARS 227.7202, “Rights in Commercial Computer
Software or Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as applicable, or any successor U.S. regulations. Any
use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display or disclosure of the Software by the U.S. Government
shall be done solely in accordance with this Agreement.
10. Export Regulations
You agree and accept that the Software and the Documentation may be subject to import and export laws of any
country, including those of the United States (specifically the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)) and the
European Union. If you transfer or export the Software, which in all cases must be done in accordance with this
Agreement, you agree to and acknowledge that you are exclusively responsible for complying with all applicable laws
and regulations, including but not limited to all United States and European Union trade sanctions and export
regulations (including any activities relating to nuclear, chemical or biological materials or weapons, missiles or
technology capable of mass destruction), regardless of the country in which you reside in or of which you are a citizen.
11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts of law rules, govern this Agreement and your use of the
Software and the Documentation. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. The courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California shall be the
exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any dispute or legal matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or
your use of the Software and the Documentation. Notwithstanding this, you agree that AVAST shall still be allowed to
apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
12. General
This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and AVAST relating to the Software and Documentation. This
Agreement supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals, and representations
with respect to the Software or Documentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will
diminish any rights you may have under existing consumer protection legislation or other applicable laws in your
jurisdiction that may not be waived by contract.
This Agreement will immediately terminate upon your breach of any obligation contained herein (especially your
obligations in Sections 2, 5, 10 which will cause forfeiture of any rights you may have to refund of the license fee paid
for the Software) and you shall cease use and destroy all copies of the Software and Documentation in your possession,
irrespective of any time that may be left in the Service Period of the Software. AVAST reserves the right to any other
remedies available under law in the event your breach of this Agreement adversely affects AVAST or its distributors or
agents. The limitations of liability and disclaimers of warranty and damages contained herein shall survive termination
of this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified by the Documentation. No provision hereof shall be deemed
waived unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by AVAST. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid,
the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
If you have any questions regarding this Agreement or wish to request any information from AVAST, please write to
AVAST Software, Budejovicka 1518/13A, 140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic, e-mail: [email protected]m, tel.:
+420 274 005 777 or visit our support page at www.avast.com/support.