Ward - AI-based anti-scam protection
I live in an area with a lot of older folks and I try to talk to them. One thing I've heard is how many of them have been scammed or know people who have gotten conned by phishing, tech support fraud, Medicare schemes, etc. Sometimes even their whole 401k or life savings. It's maddening to think there are individuals in this world taking advantage like that. I built Ward to start to tackle this. It’s a Chrome extension that can either run locally on your machine (with Gemini Nano) or use a hosted cloud-based endpoint. So far, it can pick up on a bunch of the top techniques used with little…
Ward - AI-based anti-scam protection launched on December 4, 2025 with 6 votes, #1,714 of 11,628 launches that month.
What it does
Antivirus programs are antiquated, bloated, and resource intensive and fail to protect users from scam sites. When I had a family member ask me what antivirus to buy for web threats I couldn't recommend anything. We're currently open source and are looking for any and all feedback and testers. We're free in our beta with a high soft quota. When a threat is detected, the user will immediately be directed to stop and click the extension for details, blocking the scam from proceeding.
Add Ward to Chrome and enjoy instant web protection in seconds. Be the first to know when Ward launches on iOS. We'll send you an email as soon as it's ready. Powerful protection that works silently in the background, keeping you safe without slowing you down. Advanced AI that learns and adapts to catch even brand-new phishing attempts before they reach you. Scans Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo for malicious links and phishing attempts in real-time. No tracking, no data selling. Your browsing stays private with local-first processing. Get warned immediately before clicking dangerous links, with clear explanations of the threat. "Been using Ward for a few days not and it's great...feels like a…from tryward.app
In the maker’s words, at launch
I live in an area with a lot of older folks and I try to talk to them. One thing I've heard is how many of them have been scammed or know people who have gotten conned by phishing, tech support fraud, Medicare schemes, etc. Sometimes even their whole 401k or life savings. It's maddening to think there are individuals…
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