Emsisoft A-squared free is now a part of Emsisoft Anti-Malware

[Ashwin]

Today a strange thing happened when I clicked on Emsisoft A-squared update

I saw the below pop-up on my screen

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I had no idea what it meant and went to the emsisoft website and found nothing about the news

After much googling, i found this

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The 1st link takes us to

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There I found the news which had the same screenshot that I posted above

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End of a-squared Free

As announced earlier, the product lifecycle of a-squared Free has ended now.

All users will be asked if they want to continue with the freeware mode of Emsisoft Anti-Malware (which is feature identical with a-squared Free) or switch to the new Emsisoft Free Emergency Kit which is a software bundle that includes a portable malware scanner with the same scanning capabilities as a-squared Free.


So what does this mean? Is it no longer freeware?

Here, read this statement quoted from

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Free version

When downloading, you'll get the full version including all protection features for 30+3 days for free. Afterwards the unpaid software switches to a limited freeware scanner mode that allows you to scan and clean your PC whenever you want, but does not include the protection features against new infections.
Here is a download link for the new Emsisoft Anti-Malware

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