Not your regular antivirus!
Get secure now!How it works
Instead of just maintaining a blacklist of all known malicious software (like most ordinary antivirus or anti-adware programs do) and then block all of those entries, Desktop Lockdown creates a list of all the applications that are allowed to run on your machine. This practice is known as whitelisting. Only those known applications will be executed. The whitelist is mainly composed of files identified with a first scan of you system.
The application has five different modes, each with their own way of operating. You can easily switch modes in the GUI to stay in control. Whether you're browsing the internet, installing or upgrading an application or you just don't want any other software to get installed on your system, Desktop Lockdown will be there to protect you.
Modes
Paranoid
This is the mode that believes everything is bad. Every new program/file will automatically get blocked and will be added to the blacklist. In this mode, the only files/programs that are allow to be executed are the ones that were already running on the system. Technically speaking, this mode is useful for things like honeypots which are essentially traps set up to detect and counter-act unauthorized use of the system.
Prompt
This mode is really straightforward. Programs on the blacklist get blocked, while those on the whitelist are allowed. When a new program is starting (a program not currently in any list), a popup appears and users have to decide if they want to allow it or not. If the user decides to block the program, it will be added to the blacklist. If the user decides to allow it, then it will be whitelisted.
Safe
This will be the standard mode for most users. This is the mode where your system is actually going to get locked down. In this mode, it's only the programs/files on the whitelist that are allowed. So if a program or file is not on the whitelist, it will get blocked. This is the mode that distinguishes our program from most existing antivirus software.
Training
Training mode is what you would use after installing Desktop Lockdown on a computer you know is safe. Training mode will help you build a whitelist of essential programs by whitelisting and allowing each program.
Disabled
While in disabled mode, Desktop Lockdown is not really running. It is disabled. But this doesn't mean your computer isn't protected anymore. Desktop Lockdown will still block everything that's on the blacklist.