Indeed they "hide" some essential information about their software quite good. The subscription period (for "Deep Freeze Standard") is 3 years (obviously you can see this only after you have transferred the product into the shopping cart): So if I combine all your information correctly, this means: After buying a license I will get updates for three years. If I do not renew the license after this period, I can continue to use the product (in its old version). (?)
New updates for deep freeze. https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/deep-freeze-standard-release-notes
It is actually a very important update as it supports core isolation whereas Shadow Defender won't even start with core isolation on, crashing the machine irreversibly, or giving a blue screen. Personally it doesn't matter in my case, as I've decided not to use any virtualizer on my windows 11 machine, but now Deep Freeze has a definite advantage over Shadow Defender, making the machine absolutely impenetrable with core isolation active.
I don't get it, release notes page says June 26, 2024 while the DF signed executable says January 23, 2024. Did they release it 6 months later after signing it? Weird.
Looks like the Best Alternative for the many users where Shadow Defender has been shut down by MicroSlop.
So about 2-3 months ago, I reluctantly switched to Faronics Deep Freeze to replace Shadow Defender. I tested it daily during the 30 day free trial. Then I bought it. I have to say, I am really pleased with the performance so far. The only thing I have found that is slightly annoying is that I must reboot to enter a protected state, whereas with SD I could click to enter shadow mode without rebooting. That is the only thing negative. Frankly, I live most of the time in frozen (shadow) mode so it isn't a big problem. All-in-all, I really like it.
