Advice Request Emsisoft Emergency Kit paid now?

[likeastar20]

Tried downloading EMS from the usual(Emsisoft - Emergency Kit: Free Portable Malware Scan and Removal). And the new name seems to be Emsisoft Remediation Kit.

 

[amitkumargiri]

WTD

 

[lvseqiji]

New in 2022.8: New Emsisoft Remediation Kit

Emsisoft Remediation Kit is a budget-friendly malware remediation solution that's the go-to tool for businesses, MSPs and repair shops.

blog.emsisoft.com

No free lunch anymore..I guess.

 

[ForgottenSeer 94738]

There is no constitutional right to free software.

 

[upnorth]

New in 2022.8: New Emsisoft Remediation Kit

Emsisoft Remediation Kit is a budget-friendly malware remediation solution that's the go-to tool for businesses, MSPs and repair shops.

blog.emsisoft.com

Weird because my old 100% free EEK still works and also updates just fine to their latest official version ( 2022.8.0.11596 - Released: 08/02/2022 ).



But at the same time if one download EEK from the official EEK url, one automatic get ERK instead and that one is not for free.

Either they are about to phase out EEK or this is a common webmaster error. I would guess and hope for the latter.

 

[upnorth]

Wow, I just got off the chat with their support. Silly fast and I got it confirmed that it's a link error, but they are actually updating the name EEK to ERK and the good news is, it will still be a 100% free version.

 

[JasonUK]

EEK page Emsisoft - Emergency Kit: Portable Malware & Virus Scanner works fine and no longer redirects to ERK. Previous version updates to latest without issue but if you just download latest version of EEK, although file downloaded is EmsisoftEmergencyKit.exe, it's actually ERK and asks for a licence key after installing.

 

[show-Zi]

After installing, I started with Start Scanner.exe and it asked for a license. If you don't enter anything, the software will exit. A direct click on a2emergencykit.exe in the bin64 folder allowed me to update and scan. Once you have done that, launching from Start Scanner.exe will no longer ask for a license.

It's a little off topic. Have they stopped their product for android? It has disappeared from the list of sites.

 

[HarborFront]

I just updated my EEK and ran a malware scan

Nothing pops up about ERK or asking for a license

 

[LittleDude]

Asks for a licence no matter what I do...

 

[franz]

Asks for a licence no matter what I do...

No problem here

 

[forgottenuser79643]

I noticed that the newer downloads of EEK ask for a licence, no matter what. I have two versions of EEK on my PC. One from many a month ago and one I downloaded today from the Emsisoft website.

When I open the newer one I downloaded today, it asks me for a licence and won't allow me to do anything, won't update, scan etc... The same goes for using the .exe file in bin64 manually.
However, If I use my older version, it updates, restarts, scans and well works. It even updates to the newest version which makes it renamed to ERK, Emsisoft Remediation Kit, and still works.

Either it's an error, or they forgot to turn something off?

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Strange, I just updated an older version I had and it still is named EEK.

 

[forgottenuser79643]

Strange, I just updated an older version I had and it still is named EEK.

I just double-checked to be sure, you're right. I may have had looked at the wrong window for the name. xD

 

[ichito]

Actually no surprise...Emsisoft always emphasized financial priority in software development.

 

[LittleDude]

Just downloaded an older version from uptodown website...it updated to the latest version and appears to be running fine.

 

[Numeriku]

I think they are changing to paid.

New in 2022.8: New Emsisoft Remediation Kit

Emsisoft Remediation Kit is a budget-friendly malware remediation solution that's the go-to tool for businesses, MSPs and repair shops.

blog.emsisoft.com

 

[lgwhitlock]

The version I download last night and then today asks for a license with no way around it. The a2emergencykit.exe work around did not work here. I am going to find the version I downloaded a few months ago and hope that works. Thanks.

PS like others have said you can install an older version (in my case 2022.2.0.11368) and then update it to the latest and it works. Hopefully it will continue to work for now.

 

[Numeriku]

Just downloaded an older version from uptodown website...it updated to the latest version and appears to be running fine.

Can confirm that it works too after updating using your method, seems like old users get a free license to keep using eek/erk.

 

[jackuars]

Emsisoft Emergency Kit 2022.1.0.11328 might be the last freeware version.

Just like Zemana, another on-demand scanner goes fully paid.

MBAM seems to be the only good freeware on-demand scanner/remover now.