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AhnLab V3 Lite is a free antivirus program for individual PC users, offering malware detection and removal, ransomware protection, protection against phishing sites and PC optimization tools. It runs on Windows. It is recorded as supporting malware detection. The stated market is Consumer. It is AhnLab's entry in the free antimalware category.

Current Version
4.0.0.1
Market
Consumer
Licence
Free
Price
Free
Record Created
2026-08-20
Last Updated
2026-10-10

Vendor

AhnLab is South Korea's largest security company and the only one of that scale to have been started by the author of the product: Ahn Cheol-soo wrote the V3 antivirus as a medical doctor in 1988, founded the company in 1995, and later left it for national politics. It is listed on the Korean exchange and headquartered in Seongnam, in the Pangyo technology district south of Seoul. The V3 engine still carries the consumer and endpoint line — AhnLab V3 for households and AhnLab V3 Security for Business — with AhnLab EPP as the managed endpoint platform, AhnLab EDR above it, and AhnLab XDR, AhnLab TIP for threat intelligence and AhnLab SOAR for response at the operations end. Its network side sells AhnLab TrusGuard firewalls, AhnLab IPS and AhnLab MDS for network sandboxing, with AhnLab CWPP for cloud workloads and AhnLab CPS PLUS for cyber-physical systems. Its market is overwhelmingly domestic, which is the main reason a Korean buyer will find far more AhnLab products on sale than this index lists, and why its products appear less often in the European public test cycles than vendors of comparable size. Vendor page →

Website
ahnlab.com
Country
South Korea
Headquarters
Seongnam, South Korea
Year Established
1995
Customers
25K organisations
Users
20M users
Revenue
≈ $195.4M (2025)

Platforms

Windowsnative

Target Market

Consumer secondary

Capabilities

Malware Detectionkeynative
Ransomware ProtectionkeyNot known
Behavioral DetectionkeyNot known
Web ProtectionkeyNot known
Email ProtectionNot known
Host FirewallNot known
Sandbox AnalysisNot known
Cloud-Assisted ScanningNot known
Heuristic DetectionNot known
Device ControlNot known
Vulnerability ShieldingNot known
Central Management ConsoleNot known

11 of 12 not yet known — not recorded, which is not the same as not supported.

Pricing

PlanLicencePriced perBilledPrice
SummaryFreenot statedno recurring chargeFree

Versions

  • 4.0.0.1Windows

The newest release each source names per platform, not every release the vendor has shipped. A release date is shown only where one is recorded.

Independent Tests

Not tested This product does not appear in any test run CSI holds. That is not a low score.

Certifications

OESIS Framework SupportSupported1 activeSupported

Change History

This record was created 2026-08-20. Everything below is what has changed since.

  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Free Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Home Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedNo longer sold to: SMBevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedNo longer sold to: Enterpriseevidence
  • 2026-09-19Pricing plan addedPrice: freeevidence
  • 2026-09-09New versionNew version: 4.0.0.1 (Windows)evidence
  • 2026-08-30Product updatedSold to: SMBevidence
  • 2026-08-20Certification addedCertified: OESIS Framework Support (Supported)evidence
  • 2026-08-20Capability addedMalware Detection: built inevidence
  • 2026-08-20Pricing plan addedPrice: paidevidence
  • 2026-08-20Product updatedAlso sold to: Enterpriseevidence
  • 2026-08-20Product updatedAlso sold to: Consumerevidence
  • 2026-08-20New versionNew version: 4.0.0.1evidence
  • 2026-08-20Platform addedRuns on Windowsevidence
  • 2026-08-20Product createdNew product listedevidence

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