NickBAN - Free software to block out attackers quickly and easily on Windows
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2026 9:44 am
Free security software to block hackers and botnets. A Windows based, NickBAN has your dedicated or cloud server protected.
- Nothing to install, a standalone tiny software.
- Auto ban ip addresses by detecting failed logins from event viewer and/or log files.
- Highly configurable, many options to determine failed login count threshold, time to ban, etc.
- Banning happens basically instantly for event viewer. For log files, you can set how often it polls for changes.
- Runs on Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025 and Windows 8.1 / 10 / 11 (64-bit).
- Works with ipv4 and ipv6.