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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md

Summary

Clarified that the Free Tier does not apply to on-demand S3 malware scanning

Security assessment

This is a pricing clarification with no direct security impact.

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md
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-Your account starts incurring usage cost when you use Malware Protection for S3 beyond the specific limit under the Free Tier plan, or when your account's 12-month Free Tier plan ends. For information about the Free Tier plan, see [Pricing and usage cost for Malware Protection for S3](./pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.html).
+Your account starts incurring usage cost when you use Malware Protection for S3 beyond the specific limit under the Free Tier plan, or when your account's 12-month Free Tier plan ends. For information about the Free Tier plan, see [Pricing and usage cost for Malware Protection for S3](./pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.html). Note that the free tier plan does not apply to Malware Protection for S3 on-demand object scanning.