This is a real, free Money Plus offer! Read the details from the Microsoft Money Website:
The Microsoft Money Plus Sunset versions are replacements for expired versions of Microsoft Money Essentials, Deluxe, Premium, and Home and Business. They allow existing customers to use MoneyPlus to continue accessing their data. Changes to the new versions include file conversions from older versions of Money, no required activation, no online services and no assisted support. Microsoft Money Plus Sunset is available now.
We encourage consumers currently using Money Plus with online services to retain their current version to take advantage of the online services until they expire. The Sunset versions do not support online services.
Background and Details Microsoft stopped selling Money on June 30, 2009. The last version (Money Plus, or Money 2008) required online activation in order to be fully functional. Online activation was also required for every machine onto which Money Plus was installed. Now that Money Plus is no longer available for purchase, the online activation step will eventually become unnecessary and unsupported. This Money Plus Sunset package removes the activation requirement.
The Microsoft Money Plus Sunset versions are replacements for expired versions of Microsoft Money Essentials, Deluxe, Premium, and Home and Business. They allow existing customers to use MoneyPlus to continue accessing their data. Changes to the new versions include file conversions from older versions of Money, no required activation, no online services and no assisted support. Microsoft Money Plus Sunset is available now.
We encourage consumers currently using Money Plus with online services to retain their current version to take advantage of the online services until they expire. The Sunset versions do not support online services.