Press Release Summary = Scans your computer for malicious software: Trojan Horse, Dialer, Worms, Spyware
Press Release Body = a-squared Free 3.0 released!
After weeks of Beta testing we are proud to introduce a new major release of a-squared: Version 3.0
New features:
Vista support Both a-squared Free and the large a-squared Anti-Malware Edition are completely compatible with the new Microsoft Vista operating system. Many basic changes were needed to the software for Vista support because users do not have administrator rights as standard. For this reason, a-squared 3.0 contains a new Windows Service, which runs with system rights and always has access to the relevant areas, even if you are not logged on as the administrator.
Non-Admin Support The new a-squared Windows Service allows full non-administrator support. Regardless of which Windows user account you are logged into the PC with, a-squared always protects the entire PC and can search the entire PC for Malware. It is recommended that only software installations are done with administrator rights. It is much safer to use a normal user account for daily work because this removes many Malware attack vectors.
50% less RAM usage Since the number of Malware signatures has doubled in the last year, the memory usage has also correspondingly increased over time. Despite ever more high-performance computers, we have received many requests for a-squared to use less RAM. We have responded accordingly and optimized the relevant algorithms. The result is that the new a-squared uses only about half the memory of the previous version.
Extended Traces and TrackingCookie Scan The non-admin support provides an additional advantage: The a-squared Scanner Version 3.0 can now recognize Spyware Traces and TrackingCookies in the profiles of all user accounts, instead of previously only in the profile of the currently logged-on user. This ensures that Malware is not reactivated when a different user logs on.
New Anti-Malware Network In Version 3.0, recognized heuristic files can be directly transferred from Quarantine to the a-squared Analysis Team for examination. In this way, you help to improve the quality of the scanner through heuristics. False alarms can thus be more quickly solved and new signatures for new Malware can be more quickly made available. You can select whether recognized heuristic files are automatically transferred during the Online Update or whether the files are to be sent manually from Quarantine. If you have a question relating to a sent file, then you can leave a message and your contact information so that you can receive an analysis of the file you sent.
Extended Quarantine You can now manually place files in Quarantine if you suspect that they may be damaging. The new \"Save copy\" button allows you to extract Quarantine data to a special folder so that you can (e.g.) place it in a ZIP file and send it via email. The Malware is secured for this and cannot cause any damage.
Web Site = http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free
Contact Details = Address: Faerberstr. 8, Oberndorf Austria
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