Chrome and Edge extension
Pauses fake "your computer is locked" pages, and offers a second look before risky payments.
Install it
- In Chrome, open the Chrome Web Store page. In Edge, open Edge Add-ons.
- Press Add to Chrome (or Get in Edge), then confirm.
- Click the puzzle piece next to the address bar and pin PonchoGuard, so its icon is easy to find.
What it does
- On a fake "your computer is locked, call Microsoft" page, it shows PonchoGuard paused this page. Press Close this page.
- On gift card, crypto, wire and money-app pages, it offers Ask my family to Cosign. Press I'm OK, hide this to hide it on that site for a day.
- Click the icon to see Watching this browser, and to turn Fake virus warnings and Before you pay on or off.
Connect it to your family (optional)
- In the family dashboard, open Settings, then Computers and browsers. Type a Name of the browser and press Get the code.
- In the extension, open Settings. Paste the code under Family code and press Connect.
- To undo it later, press Disconnect.
Pages are checked on the computer. Their words and addresses never leave it. When connected, the family only hears whether a paused page was closed or kept open.