Malware use a number of tricks to attack your Windows system and infect it. The malicious programs are blocked by your regular antivirus but you can add an extra layer of defense against these harmful programs using the free OSArmor. It is a small tool that monitors and blocks processes in the system that behave suspiciously and may contain infected and malicious code.
The OSArmor tool is developed by NoVirusThanks known for creating many popular software that help keep your PC free of malware. OSArmor can help you prevent potentially harmful files and unknown ransomware. It can prevent ransomware from deleting copies of created files and blocks the suspicious processes using a number of criteria. For example, it can block the files having double file extensions that are actually harmful programs.
After the installation, it places an icon in the notification area from where you can open the settings and the status window. If a process is blocked, it displays the notification to the effect. In the status window, you can see the last process blocked, the time at which it was blocked and the total number of processes that were blocked.
In the configuration for the OSArmor, you will see a huge list of preventive measures that you can select or deselect to provide the defense against possibly harmful programs and settings. For example, you can choose to block the files with double file extensions, block the processes being run through PowerShell or cmd.exe, block programs being launched from Microsoft Word documents and so on.
Verdict: NoVirusThanks OSArmor provides an added layer of security to your Windows PC. It provides defense against malicious programs and ransomware. It protects your files from being encrypted by unknown or new ransomware attacks. It is a great add-on on top of your regular antivirus.
You can download OSArmor from http://www.novirusthanks.org/products/osarmor/.