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Submission instructions for Doctor Web Technical Support requests

General

  1. Look for the solution before contacting us

    We recommend using these resources to find the answer to your question:

    Perhaps, the solution is already there, and this will save you time.

  2. Communication methods

    There are two ways to contact support:

    • Phone: +7 495 504-06-00
    • Website: use the form on our website or in your account area on My Dr.Web Portal.

    The limitations of telephone support. Please cooperate with our employees when they recommend submitting a support request in writing on the website. Some issues require a detailed analysis and preparation; e.g., determining an order total for a large number of devices when multiple products are involved or examining a system-wide incident linked to Dr.Web's performance. In such cases, written communication is the best option.

  3. Customer information

    To help us get back to you quickly with the most relevant information, please be ready to identify yourself as a Doctor Web customer by providing one of the following:

    • Your license’s serial number and your registered email address;
    • Your Noventiq order number or a copy of your purchase confirmation email;
    • Your order number and Gmail address (for purchases made via Google Play);
    • Your company's tax ID (for legal entities, if available).

    Please provide valid and up-to-date information. If you’re using an email address that differs from the address you used when registering your license, it may take us longer to confirm that you are entitled to technical support. To avoid delays, use the address you provided when you registered your license.

    Sign in. If you access the request form through your account on our website or use your account area on My Dr.Web Portal, much of your information will be filled in automatically.

  4. Areas of support expertise

    Doctor Web maintains two support services:

    • Sales Support Service (SSS) — deals with non-technical matters related to purchases, renewals, and payments for licenses and subscriptions.
    • Technical Support Service (TSS) — helps resolve technical issues related to virus incidents and the installation, configuration, and performance of Dr.Web software.

    Choose the request category relevant to your question—commercial or technical. This will help us to promptly route your request to the appropriate support team and reduce the overall response time. If you sent us a commerce-related question, but a technical problem came up after that, please create a new request for our technical support staff. The commerce-related support ticket will then be closed.

  5. Request history

    Home users: a request submitted online will only appear in your request history on Doctor Web's site if you submitted it while signed in to your website account or while using My Dr.Web Portal.

    Corporate customers: the history of your requests is available in your account area. It will also include requests that weren't submitted from your account area but had information about your corporate license attached to them.

  6. Do not submit multiple requests for the same issue

    Duplicates will only increase the processing time. If you need to provide additional information, please add it to your request’s ticket by replying to a support employee’s comment.

Contacting the sales support service (SSS)

  1. Working hours

    Staff members provide assistance over the phone and online from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. MSK (UTC+3), Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

    Online requests via the web form are accepted 24/7.

  2. Areas of expertise

    Our SSS staff provides support on the following issues:

    Advice on purchasing and managing licenses:

    • purchase, migration, renewal, additional purchase (expanding the coverage of a license);
    • choosing a supplier;

    Non-technical issues involving key files and licenses (for Dr.Web users):

    • license purchases made in error;
    • recovering lost licenses;
    • recovering forgotten email addresses;
    • replacing licenses blocked for piracy (corporate customers only);
    • replacing, splitting, merging licenses;
    • refunding duplicate renewal charges (the user renews their license, and it also gets renewed automatically).

    Feedback and suggestions:

    • about our website’s performance, layout and features;
    • about the quality of service provided by Doctor Web’s partners.

    about partnering with Doctor Web.

  3. Request processing

    Requests from users of commercial Dr.Web licenses have the highest processing priority.

  4. Support languages

    Sales support is provided in Russian and English.

  5. Request response time

    Requests submitted online are generally processed within a few hours of appearing in the system. The maximum response time for requests containing a license serial number or a Noventiq order number is 2 business days.

    The countdown to that deadline begins the moment the request is logged in the system (i.e., the web form’s timestamp or the time of the phone call). If a request comes in after 6:00 p.m. MSK (UTC+3), during holidays or on weekends, the countdown’s start time begins at 9:30 a.m. the next business day.

  6. Customer identification

    To speed up request handling, Dr.Web users must confirm their customer status by providing one of the following:

    • their serial number;
    • their Noventiq or GPA order number,
    • their company's tax ID (for legal entities, if available).
  7. Denial of support requests

    The SSS can decline or disregard a support request if any of the following occurs:

    • the inquiring party bypasses the requirement to submit identifying information (serial number or order number—Noventiq or GPA; company tax ID, if applicable). In such cases, the request can be closed or moved to the end of the processing queue;
    • the inquiring party refuses to provide relevant information (including refusing to provide copies of accounting documents confirming their purchase of a license);
    • the inquiring party uses obscene language, exhibits abusive behaviour, sends spam messages or creates multiple duplicates of one inquiry;
    • the issue is outside the SSS’s area of expertise.

    In the event of a denial, a Sales Support employee notifies the inquiring party of the reason for the denial and provides recommendations on where they can inquire further to have their issue resolved.

  8. Suspended and closed requests

    If the customer does not respond to an SSS employee’s request for clarification within 5 (five) calendar days, the request is automatically closed with the option to reopen it if the customer contacts Sales Support again.

    The SSS can cease communicating with the customer if the issue has been resolved, or redirect the dialogue to technical support and close the current ticket.

  9. Final provisions

    Doctor Web brings these instructions to the attention of users by publishing them on its official website.