AetherAV
The facts below are what the maker publishes about AetherAV, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From AetherAV's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No paid tier · no upsells · Free forever |
The facts
Each one read from AetherAV's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The site lists an HTTP/JSON API served by the AetherAV engine.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Detection
- The site says AetherAV uses ten independent detection engines, including hash matching, YARA-X rules, static machine learning, on-device AI, sandboxing and threat-intelligence matching.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The site lists Windows, macOS and Linux installers, with Intel and ARM support across the listed platforms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes firewall rules applied through the operating system's firewall and optional reputation lookups through CIRCL.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- AetherAV is released under the Apache License 2.0, according to the site.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- The site says Linux kernel-level real-time protection ships today, while Windows and macOS kernel-level protection are planned.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Parental controls
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Password manager
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- AetherAV is offline by default, and sample sharing is opt-in, anonymous and send-only.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- AetherAV is an open-source antivirus engine written in Rust.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Protection scope
- complete securitychecked 23 Sep 2026
- Ransomware protection
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Real-time protection
- The site describes on-access scanning, process and memory monitoring, ransomware rollback, firewall protection and web or phishing blocking.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support status
- The site describes AetherAV as active development and early beta, and says it is not a finished product or a drop-in Microsoft Defender replacement.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Update security
- The site says feeds, models and releases are Ed25519-signed with a key kept offline, and clients reject updates they cannot verify.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- On-device AI
- Its Aegis-50M model runs on the user's CPU and does not require internet or a GPU.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 23 Sep 2026
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