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Faronics' anti-virus software for keeping computers infection-free, secure and fast, with an embedded firewall that can control access to specific network ports. Faronics Anti-Virus has been developed from the ground up to combine anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-rootkit technologies into a tightly integrated solution, easily managed through Faronics Core. Unlike traditional security solutions, Faronics Anti-Virus provides proactive, memory-efficient, endpoint malware protection that keeps today’s complex threats at bay. Faronics Anti-Virus ensures an unobtrusive user experience – without compromising system performance – and best of all, it integrates seamlessly with Faronics Deep Freeze so definition updates will occur even while your workstations are protected in a Frozen state. It runs on Windows.

Current Version
3.0.2102.172
Market
EnterpriseSMB
Licence
Paid
Price
Quote
Record Created
2026-08-20
Last Updated
2026-10-10

Vendor

Faronics is a Canadian company from Vancouver, founded in 1996, and it is best known for an idea that has nothing to do with detection: Deep Freeze, which discards every change made to a computer when it restarts. Put on a library, classroom or kiosk machine, it means whatever a user or a piece of malware did is simply gone at the next reboot. That product, not antivirus, is what most of its customers buy. Its security products sit alongside that: Faronics Anti-Virus and Faronics Anti-Virus Enterprise Workstation, managed centrally with the rest of its estate through Faronics Deploy and Faronics Core. Its market is shared-computer environments — schools, colleges, libraries, public access points — where the administrator's problem is a hundred machines used by strangers rather than one machine used by one person. Read its products in that light rather than against consumer suites. Vendor page →

Country
Canada
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Year Established
1996
Customers
30K organisations
Users
12M devices protected
Revenue
$40.0M (2026)

Platforms

Windowsnative

Target Market

Enterprise secondarySMB 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
SummaryPrice on requestnot statedno recurring chargeQuote

Versions

  • 3.0.2102.172Windows

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
OPSWAT Certified Security ApplicationGold1 activeGold

Change History

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

  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Enterprise Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Small Business Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Home Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedNo longer sold to: Consumerevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedAlso sold to: SMBevidence
  • 2026-09-19Pricing plan addedPrice: price on requestevidence
  • 2026-09-09New versionNew version: 3.0.2102.172 (Windows)evidence
  • 2026-09-04Product updatedListed in Network Firewallevidence
  • 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: 3.0.2102.172evidence
  • 2026-08-20Platform addedRuns on Windowsevidence
  • 2026-08-20Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Gold)evidence
  • 2026-08-20Product createdNew product listedevidence

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