Fortinet FortiWiFi 31G AI Inline Malware Prevention, 1-Year (FC-10-WF31G-577-02-12)

Antivirus signatures only stop malware that has already been catalogued, so the file that slips through is the one no scanner has seen yet. The FortiWiFi 31G 1-Year FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service (FC-10-WF31G-577-02-12) closes that blind spot. It runs Fortinet’s machine-learning malware models in the traffic path of the wireless firewall, so an unknown or freshly built file is scored and blocked inline before it ever reaches a laptop or phone behind the 31G. It is one of the FortiGuard services that defines the Enterprise tier, sold here as a standalone subscription with no hardware and electronic delivery worldwide.

What this service adds

Inline Malware Prevention extends the 31G’s antivirus engine with AI detection that does not wait for a signature:

• AI/ML inline analysis: Fortinet’s trained models score files in real time as they cross the firewall, flagging variants and zero-day samples that signature matching cannot.
• Blocking in the path, not after: the verdict is reached inline, so a malicious file is stopped before delivery instead of being noticed once it has already landed.
• FortiGuard-maintained models: the detection models are refreshed by FortiGuard Labs for the full term of the subscription.
• Layered on existing AV: it works on top of the device’s standard antivirus to lift the catch rate against unknown threats.

An Enterprise-tier service

AI-based Inline Malware Prevention belongs to the Enterprise FortiGuard package for the FortiWiFi 31G, above the ATP and UTP tiers. Buying this one line switches on that single capability. The table shows where it sits against the bundled tiers:

If you want this layer plus the rest of the Enterprise capabilities, the Enterprise subscription (FC-10-WF31G-809-02-12) packages them together and usually lands at a better price per service than buying lines one at a time.

Who needs the standalone line

This standalone subscription suits a FortiWiFi 31G that already runs UTP-level coverage and now has to add the inline, AI-driven malware layer specifically, often to meet a policy that names unknown-threat or zero-day protection. A 31G starting from little or no coverage is usually better served by going straight to the Enterprise bundle, which is more complete and tends to cost less per service.

Activation and delivery

The license is issued electronically and registered to one FortiWiFi 31G by serial number. After registration the inline malware models activate on the device and keep updating across the 12-month term. Nothing ships, and a valid 31G has to be in place before the service can be applied.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

As an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, DataCenter360.ca delivers this subscription electronically to customers in any country. Since it is an Enterprise-tier line, send us your 31G’s current coverage and we will price the standalone service next to the full Enterprise bundle, so the number you act on reflects whichever route actually costs less for the protection you want.