Installation & updates

Only once. Since 3.0 MoLock installs to the protected Program Files folder for everyone on the PC, so Windows asks for administrator approval at install. After that, updates are applied silently by the guard service with no prompt, and nothing else needs installing. Why this is safer.

Download the zip file (about 70 MB), extract it and run MoLock.exe. Since 2.6, the installer sets everything up in one flow: your password and recovery code, the lock-screen look with a live preview, your monitoring style (what to capture and when to alert you) and your own Telegram bot. Every option can be changed later. Step-by-step guide.

This is the SmartScreen warning that Windows shows for newer apps that are not yet widely distributed. Click "More info", then "Run anyway". Always download MoLock from the official website only.

Locking and unlocking work offline. An internet connection is needed only for Telegram and alerts, updates, and some widgets such as weather and currency rates. If you go offline, evidence is held and sent as soon as you reconnect. Notes, to-dos and reminders work offline too, and sync with your portal when you are back online.

Signed updates download in the background, are verified as genuine and unmodified, and install at a quiet moment, never while the PC is locked. MoLock creates a backup first and rolls back if anything goes wrong. Your password, settings and evidence are never touched, and you are notified when an update completes or fails. Since 2.5 you can update from your bot with /update: see what is new and the download size, follow the progress, and even while locked choose to install now (the PC locks again immediately) or after you unlock. Automatic updates can be turned off in Settings → About, although critical releases may still install.

In Settings, under Reset & uninstall, click "Uninstall MoLock…". MoLock stops the guard service, removes its startup entries, lets you keep or remove your data and cleans up downloaded updates. Uninstall removes only MoLock's own files; anything else in the same folder is left untouched. MoLock Fix, located in the MoLock folder, is a repair tool: it closes MoLock, restores Task Manager and an unresponsive mouse, and can remove everything MoLock added. It shows exactly what it will delete before it starts and keeps a log of what it did.

It's a protected folder only administrators can change, so malware can't easily tamper with MoLock. You approve once at install; after that, updates are applied silently once their signature checks out. Older installs move automatically and your data stays in your profile. Details.

So nobody at your unlocked desk can open Settings and switch protection off. It's on by default after setup; each wrong try is logged and alerts you, and MoLock locks for a while after several tries.