The distribution of our freeware version was using insane amounts of bandwdith, several hundreds of them are delivered each day. Here is for example an Analog report for Dec 2002 and Jan 2003

20013: 93.98%: 27/Jan/03 23:18: /freefiles/freeware.zip

One of our hopes in distributing this freeware version had been that it would diminish the number "pirate" contacts. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. That is why, after having delivered hundreds of thousands of copies of IDA Freeware, we have decided not to host this file anymore. Note that the IDA Pro freeware license doesn't change : the freeware version remains freeware, and anyone willing to host it is welcome to do so.