GuardianBlock on Windows 11
GuardianBlock runs on Windows as a background service, a tray status indicator, and browser integrations that work together to help you stay off the sites you've decided are off-limits — starting with gambling. Here's what it needs, what it does, and what it honestly can't promise.
What it installs, and what it needs.
System requirements
- Operating systemWindows 11 Home or Pro
- Architecture64-bit (x64)
- BrowsersChrome, Edge, and Firefox
- AccountYour own GuardianBlock account
- Accountability partnerOne person you choose as your keyholder
On-device components
Browser integrations are added per browser and report protection health once they have been tested and documented browser by browser.
- Background serviceRuns the local protection engine
- Tray status appShows whether protection is healthy
- Browser integrationsReport protection health
Gambling first — then your own no-go list.
Gambling is the flagship
GuardianBlock is built first around gambling sites. It is the category the product is designed around, and the one it leads with.
Funding routes come with it
The funding routes that feed gambling are treated as a hard never-allow category, so they can't be approved as an exception — not even by your accountability partner.
Your own declared no-go list
Beyond gambling, you can add the domains you have personally decided are off-limits. It's your declared no-go list, kept deliberately honest about its limits.
Two honest postures — and one hard truth.
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The strongest posture
After an administrator authorizes the install, the protected adult runs day to day without local administrator rights. That puts more standing between an impulse and an off-limits site.
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Friction and accountability
If the protected adult keeps local administrator rights, GuardianBlock leans on friction, self-healing, and partner accountability instead. Sensitive changes still route through your keyholder.
GuardianBlock is voluntary software. A local administrator can ultimately remove or bypass installed software — so what it offers is durable friction and an accountability partner who is told when protection is paused, removed, or changed, not a barrier that can never be crossed.
A signed installer, the normal Windows prompt.
A signed GUI installer
GuardianBlock installs from a signed graphical installer (GuardianBlockSetup.exe) with a guided wizard — there is no terminal, PowerShell, or registry step to follow.
The normal UAC prompt
Setup uses the standard Windows User Account Control prompt, the same as other desktop software. There is nothing unusual to approve.
Your admin password stays yours
GuardianBlock never asks for your Windows administrator password, and never asks for your accountability partner's codes or secrets on this device.
It is also designed not to alter your DNS, VPN, proxy, firewall, hosts, routes, or network adapters — it protects the person who installs it, not your network.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-28