a-squared AntiMalware Free for One Year.

Damn, i Love A-Squared

 

can somebody post IO read/write as well as CPU Time screenshot for A2? im curious what its like before i put it on my real PC.

 

Quick question: Can it uninstall cleanly? (no trace of it being left behind)

 

OK, I admit to being in the slow group, but considering I have 3 months to activate the license code, will the license be good for 12 months from that time or now?

I realize that somene can say that I should be able to figure that out from the posts so far, but I am not sure of the answer. One thing about being old is that one expects much from you.

I want to try Avast 5, and then go to A-squared after it has had a chance to shake out some.

Thanks,
Jerry

 

Jerry, I believe that it means today is the start date and you have 3 months to activate it. Once you activate it in those 3 months it will show 11/11/09 as the start date. If you don't activate it within 3 months it will automatically expire. You can wait up to 3 months, which should be plenty of time till avast 5 comes out. I hope.

 

I speculate From that time, not now.....

Anar Posted what I believe is correct in Post #197, and that is:

The count down starts the day one enters the "License Coupon" referred to as the "License code:" from the Original Email into
the "Convert coupon code" link located in their Account under "Manage Licenses" and Activates it, when Activated, it is now considered "used", however,
this must be confirmed by an Emsi Software Representative before it can be considered official......see Post #196.....

There is no such thing as old, only ripened.....


HKEY1952

 

Sfi,
I've installed and un-installed it a few times and didn't find alot of traces of it.

 

As I understand it, you have three months from now to convert your coupon code within your new account and the one year subscription will start as soon as the activation is made. Sure Christian from Emsisoft can confirm this.

 

Yes, that makes logical sense.....the one year subscription starts the Day the Activation is made by the client.....


HKEY1952

 

I signed up, but did not receive my license Only an email with account information.

 

Coupon code is almost instantly sent, scroll down the email you received and check also your spam/junk folder just in case. This A2 Offer is not over yet.

 

Found it thanks Seems my scroll bar was broken hehe

 

Glad to hear this
Enjoy A2

 

Same here.No license.nada zilch.

 

Thanks, All for the replies.
I am going to wait until I trial Avast 5, and read the comments by those who trial it here.
One fear I have of FP is that if deleted there will be damage to the registry. I would have not idea how to fix that, and also don't have an image of my system. So I may be overly cautious.

I don't recall which anti malware program it was, but I had a weather program on my system. I had used it for years with several top AVs. Then a new one identified it as malware and removed the whole program.
Thanks again.

Regards,
Jerry

 

Does anyone run Outpost Pro firewall with A2?

 

Being without an image backup is a bad idea. When you have an image to fall back on you can easily fix any problem. ShadowProtect has been 100% reliable for many of us on Wilders. There are also free options available. Before trying any more AV's I suggest you get an external hard drive and image backup software.

 

I don't know if you guy's have looked at VB100 web page but the results for Ikarus is horrible! I know it's just one test, however most major players still participate in the VB100 testing. Any thoughts?

 

After looking at alot tests, Vb100, malware.ru, av-comp, etc I've noticed a few things. One is that all the AV programs vary in their detection. Look at avira on the vb100. It failed by missing one wild list. When was the last time avira had a poor dectection rate? Last month I belive that KIS had a 95% detection on av comp. If you want to make a certain AV look bad just wait till a random compartive comes out from somewhere. Two, anyone can make a test that is going to make a certain AV looked good. Bottom line, don't believe everything you read

 

I was using A2 free with Ourpost and since yesterday the full version of A2 with Outpost. I am (since yesterday) running the following (temporarily) Outpost pro, MBAM, A2 AM and DefenseWall. They seem to work together very well thus far. The only problem I noted is that with A2AM I can open but not close Photoshop CS3. I have to exit the A2 background guard first. Otherwise no problems at all. Computer running faster also (then with latest version of Kaspersky AV).

 

I agree with you. If you look at not just 1 test from VB100 but many months you will see they did bad in all the tests. If you look at Avira or others you will see that the track record over time is very good. Most of the top rated programs score well in most tests.

 

3759 wildlist misses is a lot!!! Ikarus certainly does not have a good track record with VB. Keep in mind that A2 also has their own AV engine along with Ikarus.

October 2009 - Ikarus virus.utilities

Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 3759 wildlist misses, 4 false positives
Product name: Ikarus virus.utilities
More: October 2009 in full
Review: Ikarus virus.utilities on Windows Server 2008
Details: Only available to subscribers.

April 2008 - Ikarus Virus Utilities

Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 24 wildlist misses, 6 false positives
Product name: Ikarus Virus Utilities
More: April 2008 in full
Review: Ikarus Virus Utilities on Windows Vista SP1 Business Edition
Details: Only available to subscribers.

February 2008 - Ikarus Virus Utilities

Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 37 wildlist misses, 8 false positives
Product name: Ikarus Virus Utilities
More: February 2008 in full
Review: Ikarus Virus Utilities on Windows Server 2003
Details: Only available to subscribers.

December 2007 - Ikarus Virus Utilities

Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 9 wildlist misses, 13 false positives
Product name: Ikarus Virus Utilities
More: December 2007 in full
Review: Ikarus Virus Utilities on Windows 2000
Details: Only available to subscribers.

August 2007 - Ikarus Virus Utilities

Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 46 false positives
Product name: Ikarus Virus Utilities
More: August 2007 in full
Review: Ikarus Virus Utilities on Windows Vista x64
Details: Only available to subscribers.

June 2007 - Ikarus Virus Utilities 1.0.52

Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses, 22 false positives
Product name: Ikarus Virus Utilities 1.0.52
More: June 2007 in full
Review: Ikarus Virus Utilities 1.0.52 on Windows XP
Details: Only available to subscribers.

 

It would be interesting to see what the results would be if they tested A-squared. I know that it is a AV test but a-squared does have a better track record then just having Ikarus tested. When tested as the full A-squared suite it usually gets a 99% and ranks up there with Avira.

 

Thanks Emsisoft for the GREAT offer. It was just what I was looking for! Looking forward to the next year! Again, thank you for the GIFT!

 

Your right, I would like to see that. Virusbuster & Outpost Security Suite score about the same, they have the same a/v engine. I know it's just one test, I have that free license for A2 but I am having 2nd thoughts about installing it. I use Mamutu & really like it, I have some interest in A2.