IDS INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM | 24+ PROTECTION MODULES

Complete Protection Against Modern Cyber Threats

Real-time IDS designed to work alongside your antivirus. While traditional antivirus relies on signatures, MZGuard focuses on suspicious activity signals to help reduce risk from malware, ransomware, script abuse, and advanced attack patterns.

24+
Protection Modules
50+
Detection Rules
Real-time
Alerts & Blocking
Win 10/11
Supported
PRIVACY & IDENTITY

8 Privacy Protection Modules

Reduce credential theft and privacy leaks with clear, user-controlled protections

Anti-Keylogger Protection

ACTIVE

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

  • Keylogging resistance - Helps prevent credential capture
  • Context-aware prompts - You stay in control of decisions
  • Password-manager friendly - Designed to coexist with common tools
  • Low disruption - Focused on high-risk activity
Helps stop: keyloggers, credential stealers, form-grabbers

Screenshot Protection

ACTIVE

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

  • Per-app protection - Apply controls only to sensitive workflows
  • Wide tool coverage - Targets common capture methods (PrintScreen, Snipping Tool)
  • Event-driven - Activates only when needed to reduce impact
  • Lightweight - Designed for everyday use
Helps stop: screen scraping, confidential data leakage

Screen Share Monitor

ACTIVE

Monitors screen sharing attempts (browser and conferencing apps) and requires explicit user consent before allowing capture/broadcast.

  • Real-time monitoring - Visibility when sharing is active
  • Trusted apps - Keep business tools working (Teams/Zoom/Meet)
  • Consent-first - Clear prompts before exposure happens

Clipboard Hijacking Protection

ACTIVE

Detects suspicious clipboard changes (e.g., address/IBAN swapping) and helps prevent silent payment redirection.

  • Swap detection - Compares before/after clipboard content
  • Payments protection - Helps protect transfers and invoices
  • Fast intervention - Alerts and optional auto-revert
  • Works in background - No workflow changes required
Helps stop: clipboard hijackers and address swapping

Camera Protection

CONTROLLED

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

  • Trusted apps - Allow business-critical conferencing tools
  • Unauthorized access alerts - Visibility into unexpected requests
  • OS-level controls - Block/unblock without app-by-app guessing

Microphone Protection

CONTROLLED

Monitors microphone access system-wide and provides OS-level blocking controls to reduce the risk of silent recording.

  • Allowlist - Keep meetings working without friction
  • Unexpected access alerts - Detects suspicious audio requests
  • OS-level controls - Fast block/unblock when needed

Crypto Wallet Protection

ACTIVE

Protects crypto transfers from clipboard address substitution by detecting and blocking suspicious copy/paste hijacking.

  • Real-time clipboard monitoring - Detects address replacement
  • Actionable alerts - Stops silent redirection attempts
  • Works with major wallets - Designed for everyday transactions
Helps stop: crypto address hijacking and payment redirection

Banking IBAN Protection

ACTIVE

Helps protect bank transfers by detecting and blocking IBAN/code substitution during copy/paste and invoice workflows.

  • Copy/paste protection - Detects silent changes to payment details
  • Browser-aware - Designed for common web banking and payments
  • Clear alerts - Helps reduce invoice fraud risk
Helps stop: banking stealers and invoice redirection attempts
SECURITY & THREAT PREVENTION

11 Advanced Security Modules

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

File System Monitor

ACTIVE

Detects ransomware-like file activity patterns (mass changes, rapid renames) and can interrupt suspicious behavior.

  • Behavior-based detection - Focuses on patterns, not signatures
  • Rapid change detection - Flags unusual spikes in file operations
  • Damage containment - Helps stop wide-spread encryption
  • Recovery-aware - Protects restore mechanisms where possible
Helps stop: ransomware-style encryption and mass file damage

Process Monitor

ACTIVE

Monitors process behavior for suspicious execution patterns often used by malware and post-exploitation tooling.

  • Injection/hollowing awareness - Detects common tampering techniques
  • Unusual launches - Flags abnormal parent-child chains
  • Trust signals - Highlights unsigned or unexpected binaries
  • Actionable alerts - Designed for quick triage
Helps stop: process injection and stealth execution chains

PowerShell Protection

ACTIVE

Detects risky PowerShell activity commonly used for initial access, lateral movement, and payload delivery.

  • Encoded/obfuscated detection - Flags suspicious scripting patterns
  • High-risk command blocking - Prevents common abuse flows
  • Admin-friendly controls - Support for trusted scripts and exceptions
  • Clear rationale - Alerts explain what triggered protection
Helps stop: PowerShell-based attacks and script-driven payloads

Command-Line Protection

ACTIVE

Monitors suspicious command-line usage and blocks destructive patterns used by ransomware and attackers.

  • High-risk commands - Detects destructive admin-like actions
  • Backup sabotage prevention - Helps protect recovery options
  • Persistence awareness - Alerts on suspicious system changes
  • Lateral movement signals - Flags abnormal remote execution patterns
Helps stop: backup deletion, persistence setup, lateral movement attempts

Shadow Copy Protection

ACTIVE

Helps protect restore points and shadow copies so recovery options remain available during an incident.

  • Deletion prevention - Blocks suspicious removal attempts
  • Optional snapshots - Helps maintain recovery points
  • Recovery-ready - Designed to keep rollback paths viable

File Download Protection

ACTIVE

Scans downloads before execution to reduce the risk of running a known malicious or suspicious payload.

  • Rule-based scanning - Uses a curated set of detections
  • Document safety - Helps reduce macro-style infections
  • Pre-execution checks - Prevents “double-click compromise”
  • Response options - Block, quarantine, or allow with intent
Helps stop: malicious downloads and document-based droppers

Legacy File Protection

ACTIVE

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

  • Attachment hardening - Reduces exploit-style execution paths
  • Embedded content awareness - Flags suspicious embedded objects
  • Safer defaults - Helps reduce accidental execution risk

System Process Filtering

ACTIVE

Validates the identity of critical Windows processes to help detect lookalike malware and masquerading.

  • Identity checks - Detects suspicious lookalikes
  • Trust verification - Highlights unexpected binaries
  • Anomaly signals - Flags unusual launch relationships

Bcdedit Protection

ACTIVE

Helps prevent boot configuration tampering used to reduce recovery options and hinder cleanup.

  • Tamper resistance - Blocks suspicious boot setting changes
  • Recovery preservation - Keeps incident response options available
  • Clear alerts - Shows what was attempted and why it was blocked

USB Malware Protection

ACTIVE

Reduces USB-borne risk by monitoring removable media behaviors and blocking suspicious autorun-style execution.

  • Autorun protection - Prevents automatic execution paths
  • On-insert checks - Optional rule-based scanning
  • Safer handling - Helps reduce accidental execution risk

Persistence Monitor

ACTIVE

Detects common persistence attempts so threats can’t quietly survive reboots and stay hidden.

  • Startup locations - Watches common persistence points
  • Task/service changes - Flags suspicious scheduled actions
  • WMI persistence signals - Alerts on stealthy mechanisms
  • Action options - Block, quarantine, or allow with intent
Helps stop: stealth persistence and “survive reboot” techniques
SYSTEM HARDENING

System Integrity & Exploit Defense

Hardens Windows, detects tampering, and accelerates incident response with clear audit trails

Exploit Guard

ACTIVE

YARA-driven exploit defense that scans common high-risk payload carriers (documents, PDFs, executables, downloads) before they become incidents.

  • Office document protection - Detects suspicious macros/embedded payloads
  • PDF protection - Flags risky scripts and embedded executables
  • Executable protection - Scans binaries and script launch patterns
  • Generic download protection - Baseline checks for files outside categories
Helps stop: exploit-style droppers and staged payload delivery

System Integrity Scanner

ACTIVE

Runs a system hardening checklist and highlights weak or tampered settings (Defender, firewall profiles, services) with guided fixes.

  • Health checks - Surface warnings and critical issues
  • One-click fixes - Optional targeted remediation actions
  • Auto-fix support - Streamlines restoring safe defaults

Security Logs & Audit Trail

ACTIVE

Unified security event timeline across all modules, with live flow visibility and export-ready incident context.

  • Centralized timeline - One place for security events
  • Decision tracking - Records what was blocked/allowed
  • Module drill-down - Jump from logs to the related protection
  • Export-ready - Easy to share with IT/SOC

Quarantine & Response Actions

ACTIVE

Flexible response options to contain threats without breaking legitimate workflows.

  • Quarantine - Isolates suspicious files safely for later review
  • Keep blocked - Maintains protection for recurring detections
  • Allow with intent - User-driven decisions when needed to reduce false positives

Smart Allowlist (Trusted Apps)

ACTIVE

A practical way to tune protection without disabling it: allow trusted tools while keeping high-risk behaviors monitored.

  • Per-module exceptions - Fine-grained control
  • Safer tuning - Reduces repeated prompts without going blind
  • Better UX - Keeps protection usable day-to-day
SECURITY & THREAT PREVENTION

Advanced Ransomware Protection

Real-time ransomware detection and automatic backup management

Ransomware Shield

ACTIVE

Real-time ransomware defense with protected zones, honeypots, and an auto-recovery workflow designed to minimize downtime.

  • Protected zones - Focus protection where your data matters
  • Honeypots - Early warning signals for ransomware behavior
  • Real-time detections - Clear severity and response actions
  • Auto-recovery - Backups, restore actions, and exportable archives
DEVICE SECURITY

BadUSB/Rubber Ducky Shield

Prevents HID-based attacks and unauthorized USB device usage

BadUSB Shield

ACTIVE

Detects suspicious HID-style input patterns and helps prevent scripted keystroke injection from unauthorized USB devices.

  • Injection signals - Flags non-human input patterns
  • Trusted devices - Allowlist your known USB devices
NETWORK SECURITY

Enhanced IDS/Firewall

Real-time network monitoring, curated rules, and Windows Firewall enforcement for visible, controllable blocking

IDS/Firewall

ACTIVE

Detects suspicious network activity and provides a controllable firewall rules engine: review active threats, tune profiles, and enforce protections in Windows Firewall.

  • Active threat view - Process, remote IP, ports, and action context
  • Rules workspace - Basic rules, network rules, and threat protections
  • Threat protection packs - Common C2/backdoor/botnet patterns
  • DDoS & rate limiting - Flood protections and traffic control
  • Enforcement - Apply, resync, and keep rules consistent

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