InstallGuard

InstallGuard is a software utility whose purpose is to help individuals secure their operating environment, by blacklisting processes and monitor actions.

The installation process runs seamlessly and it is over in a few seconds, while the interface you come to meet encompasses a well-organized and clean environment. It consists of a navigation panel, a menu bar and several tabs which enable you to quickly access all available settings.

It can be used with great ease by anybody, including people with little or no previous experience with the IT world. Moreover, it is non-obtrusive, as you can easily hide it to the system tray at any point.

You are required to input a password from the first launch, yet this is a useful feature, as it enhances security. In addition to that, you can take snapshots (a list of all installed apps) at a user-input number of minutes, and you can view details in a TXT or CSV format.

It is possible to create a blacklist of all processes that you do not want to run on your PC, as well as block new installations. A message alerting users can be created and saved, while you can also monitor particular locations on the hard drive (Desktop, Documents, Music, Internet cache), and delete any new file that is created.

Last, but not least, you can restrict access to the Task Manager, Command Prompt and Registry Editor, and alert the user with a custom warning message. The detection performance can be controlled with the help of a slider bar and you can delete the entire database.

To sum up, InstallGuard is an efficient piece of software, which is accessible to all user categories. It has a good response time, CPU and memory usage is low at all times, and we did not register any errors or crashes during our tests.