Released on: January 15, 2008, 9:06 am

Press Release Author: Emsi Software GmbH

Industry: Software

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

Phone Number:
Email: info@emsisoft.com