EMSI Releases Free Antivirus/Anti-Spyware Tool
January 15, 2009 Computer News
EMSI Software has released “a-squared Free 4.0″, a free tool designed to find and destroy viruses, 
Trojans, and spyware.
The product is free for non-commercial use on any number of computers, and it will remain free in the long term. It runs under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003/2008, and has been redesigned to load faster, use less RAM, and scan faster. The removal side is all you get with the free product.
In the malware removal test it scored 6.3 out of 10 possible points. That’s a seriously low score considering that Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 6 got 9.8 points on the same test. But it aced the malware blocking test, scoring a perfect 10. Of the standalone antispyware products tested, only ThreatFire 3.5 hit that mark. The McAfee, Norton and ZoneAlarm suites also scored 10 of 10.
Use”a-squared Free 4.0″ as a second opinion, not as your only malware scanner. If four eyes are better than two, then six eyes are even better!
