AppGuard Alternatives

Apps similar to AppGuard include CyberLock (formerly VoodooShield). It's paid, but Applocker and Barikade are free. Other options are OSArmor, NoVirusThanks EXE Radar Pro, Carbon Black Protection and Faronics Anti-Executable. In total there are nine Anti-Malware Apps like AppGuard for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
AppGuard alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. OSArmor icon
     6 likes

    Monitor and block suspicious processes behaviors to prevent infections by malware, ransomware, and other threats. This tool analyzes parent processes and prevents, for example, MS Word from running cmd or powershell utilities, it prevents ransomware from deleting shadow copies...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  2. NoVirusThanks EXE Radar Pro is a useful Windows OS utility designed to alert a user everytime an unknown process tries to run in the system. The end user is able to whitelist, blacklist, allow once, block once or block + delete the executable attemping to load.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  3. Cb Protection is a powerful positive security solution for data centers and critical systems that

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CentOS
    • Red Hat
    Good alternative?
     
  4.  2 likes

    You can use AppLocker as part of your overall security strategy for the following scenarios:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  5. Faronics Anti-Executable ensures workstation protection and productivity by allowing only approved programs to run. Any other programs – whether malicious, unlicensed, or simply unwanted – are blocked from ever executing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  6. Ultra Adware Killer is a powerful adware and malware remover for Windows, which has the ability to scan all the users in a system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  7. Lockish icon
     Like

    Lockish protects individual macOS applications with Touch ID or password authentication. Protected apps lock automatically after a configurable per-app idle timeout, when the Mac sleeps, or when the screen locks, while the rest of the system stays fully usable.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Lockish screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  8. Barikade icon
     Like

    Barikade is a Windows Service to close processes running outside allowed directories followed by network connections blocking to prevent the use of legit software to bypass Windows Firewall and download malware.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
9 of 9 AppGuard alternatives