MZGuard

Features

Complete protection against modern cyber threats.

A real-time IDS built to work alongside your antivirus. Where traditional antivirus relies on signatures, MZGuard watches for suspicious activity, to reduce the risk from malware, ransomware, script abuse and advanced attack patterns.

24+Protection modules
50+Detection rules
Real-timeAlerts and blocking
Windows7, 10, 11 and Server

Privacy & identity

Eight modules against credential theft.

Clear, user-controlled protections. You decide when an action is allowed, and every decision is visible.

Anti-Keylogger Protection

ACTIVE

Adds a protective layer against keylogging and credential capture, with user-confirmed actions to reduce unwanted blocking.

Helps stop: keyloggers, credential stealers, form-grabbers

Screenshot Protection

ACTIVE

Blocks screenshots on sensitive workflows with an invisible protection layer, helping prevent accidental or malicious exposure.

Helps stop: screen scraping, confidential data leakage

Screen Share Monitor

ACTIVE

Monitors screen sharing in browsers and conferencing apps, and asks for explicit consent before capture or broadcast.

Clipboard Hijacking Protection

ACTIVE

Detects suspicious clipboard changes, such as address or IBAN swapping, and helps prevent silent payment redirection.

Helps stop: clipboard hijackers and address swapping

Camera Protection

CONTROLLED

Monitors webcam access system-wide, with OS-level blocking and allow or deny decisions for trusted applications.

Microphone Protection

CONTROLLED

Monitors microphone access system-wide, with OS-level blocking to reduce the risk of silent recording.

Crypto Wallet Protection

ACTIVE

Detects and blocks clipboard address substitution during crypto transfers, with real-time monitoring and actionable alerts.

Helps stop: crypto address hijacking and payment redirection

Banking IBAN Protection

ACTIVE

Detects and blocks IBAN or code substitution during copy and paste in bank transfers and invoice workflows.

Helps stop: banking stealers and invoice redirection

Privacy panel

See every privacy control in one place.

Each protection shows its status and the decisions it has taken, so nothing changes silently.

  • Status of every privacy module at a glance
  • Decisions recorded for review
  • Trusted apps kept working without friction
MZGuard privacy and identity panel

Security & threat prevention

Eleven modules against ransomware and advanced attacks.

Multi-layer defense against ransomware, APT activity and emerging techniques.

  • ACTIVE

    File System Monitor

    Detects ransomware-like patterns such as mass changes and rapid renames, and can interrupt them.

  • ACTIVE

    Process Monitor

    Watches for injection, hollowing and abnormal parent-child process chains.

  • ACTIVE

    PowerShell Protection

    Flags encoded or obfuscated scripts and blocks high-risk command flows.

  • ACTIVE

    Command-Line Protection

    Detects destructive commands and protects against backup sabotage.

  • ACTIVE

    Shadow Copy Protection

    Helps keep restore points available, and blocks suspicious removal attempts.

  • ACTIVE

    File Download Protection

    Scans downloads before they run, and offers block, quarantine or allow actions.

  • ACTIVE

    Legacy File Protection

    Adds guardrails around document and attachment workflows often used for first-stage compromise.

  • ACTIVE

    System Process Filtering

    Checks the identity of critical Windows processes to catch lookalike malware.

  • ACTIVE

    Bcdedit Protection

    Prevents boot configuration tampering used to reduce recovery options.

  • ACTIVE

    USB Malware Protection

    Monitors removable media and blocks suspicious autorun-style execution.

  • ACTIVE

    Persistence Monitor

    Detects persistence attempts such as startup entries, scheduled tasks and WMI.

System hardening

Exploit defense, integrity and an audit trail.

Harden Windows, detect tampering and speed up incident response with clear logs.

Exploit Guard

Stop exploits before they become incidents.

YARA-driven exploit defense that scans the high-risk carriers attackers use: documents, PDFs, executables and downloads.

  • Office documents: suspicious macros and embedded payloads
  • PDFs: risky scripts and embedded executables
  • Executables and script launch patterns
MZGuard Exploit Guard

Security logs

One timeline for every decision.

A unified event timeline across all modules, with live visibility and context you can export for IT or your SOC.

  • Centralized timeline for every module
  • Records what was blocked and what was allowed
  • Jump from a log entry to the related protection
MZGuard threat flow graph

System Integrity Scanner

A hardening checklist that flags weak or tampered settings, such as Defender, firewall profiles and services, with guided fixes.

Quarantine and response

Isolate suspicious files for later review, keep blocks in place for recurring detections, or allow an item with a recorded reason.

Smart Allowlist

Tune protection without turning it off. Allow trusted tools, and keep high-risk behavior monitored.

Ransomware & devices

Ransomware shield and USB defense.

Early warning for ransomware, automatic backups and protection against keystroke injection from unknown USB devices.

Ransomware Shield

Protected zones where your data matters, early warning signals, clear severity levels, and a recovery workflow with backups and restore actions.

BadUSB Shield

Detects non-human input patterns from HID-style devices, and helps prevent scripted keystroke injection. Trusted devices are allowlisted.

USB Malware Protection

Monitors removable media and blocks suspicious autorun-style execution, with optional rule-based checks on insertion.

Enhanced IDS / Firewall

See every connection, and control it.

Real-time network monitoring, curated rules and enforcement in Windows Firewall, so blocking is visible and controllable.

  • Active threat view: process, remote IP, ports and the action taken
  • Rules workspace: basic rules, network rules and threat protections
  • Threat packs for common C2, backdoor and botnet patterns
  • DDoS and rate-limiting protections
MZGuard protections overview

Ready to stop advanced threats?

Download the free edition and see the suite on your own Windows machine.