WinPatrol
Sunday, November 23, 2003 by goodmorphing | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I had used this program before, and now I am trying it again. I think it is impressive. One thing that is really good for someone like me is that it explains what things are instead of just giving me some anagram. It is a good teacher. I still use AdAware, but it is having to remove far fewer things these days.
http://www.winpatrol.com/
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WinPatrol with Scotty the Windows Watch Dog will sniff out Worms, Adware, Spyware, Cookies, Trojan horses and other virus type, malicious, nasty programs that may attack your computer. WinPatrol puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates.
WinPatrol's goal is to help you better understand what programs are running on your computer, and alert you to any new programs added without your permission. Scotty lets you confirm any new programs set up to run on your computer.
http://www.winpatrol.com/
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WinPatrol with Scotty the Windows Watch Dog will sniff out Worms, Adware, Spyware, Cookies, Trojan horses and other virus type, malicious, nasty programs that may attack your computer. WinPatrol puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates.
WinPatrol's goal is to help you better understand what programs are running on your computer, and alert you to any new programs added without your permission. Scotty lets you confirm any new programs set up to run on your computer.
goodmorphing
Reply #2 Monday, November 24, 2003 12:29 AM
Reply #2 Monday, November 24, 2003 12:29 AM
Na, I don't have it. Try running just the free for awhile, then you will have some idea. I may, sometime, get the plus version. I see some places that it might help. It is cheap enough.
Minion_Bob73
Reply #3 Monday, November 24, 2003 3:59 AM
Reply #3 Monday, November 24, 2003 3:59 AM
I have been running this for a short while now and it is a pretty good program. I love that it warns you of things added to your startup menu. That can come in very handy.
coffeegrinder
Reply #5 Monday, November 24, 2003 10:59 AM
Reply #5 Monday, November 24, 2003 10:59 AM
I have been using the plus version for some time, well worth it.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #6 Monday, November 24, 2003 1:01 PM
Reply #6 Monday, November 24, 2003 1:01 PM
Awww, what a cute little doggie in the systray...
goodmorphing
Reply #7 Monday, March 15, 2004 2:36 AM
Reply #7 Monday, March 15, 2004 2:36 AM
This program is now updated to version 7. It now watches host files for changes!
http://www.winpatrol.com/upgrade.html
http://www.winpatrol.com/upgrade.html
WebGizmos
Reply #8 Monday, March 15, 2004 11:55 PM
Reply #8 Monday, March 15, 2004 11:55 PM
I've been running Winpatrol for some time now and it works great. The one thing I have found though...is that it will alert you that something is trying to add itself to your startup menu, but it doesn't actually remove it.
So...when you do get an alert, make note of the address or location of the file so that you can go back and remove it yourself.
Another good little tool is "regseeker" for cleaning out your registry or finding things in your registry that have been added by spyware or adware programs. As with any tool just make sure you read about what it does before you start deleting things. Reseeker does make backups of d files in case you should something you shouldn't have.
When I first got my PC I used Add/Remove to get rid of AOHell on my PC, or at least I thought I removed it. Using regseeker, I found 150 additional files in my registry pertaining to AOHell.
And Spybot S&D is another great tool!
So...when you do get an alert, make note of the address or location of the file so that you can go back and remove it yourself.
Another good little tool is "regseeker" for cleaning out your registry or finding things in your registry that have been added by spyware or adware programs. As with any tool just make sure you read about what it does before you start deleting things. Reseeker does make backups of d files in case you should something you shouldn't have.
When I first got my PC I used Add/Remove to get rid of AOHell on my PC, or at least I thought I removed it. Using regseeker, I found 150 additional files in my registry pertaining to AOHell.
And Spybot S&D is another great tool!
goodmorphing
Reply #9 Monday, April 5, 2004 3:49 AM
Reply #9 Monday, April 5, 2004 3:49 AM
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?type=&filter=&count=100&offset=1300
I found this site that might help when WinPatrol tells you about something new in the startup list but you don't know what it is....
I found this site that might help when WinPatrol tells you about something new in the startup list but you don't know what it is....
Madam GoodMorphing
Reply #10 Monday, August 29, 2005 12:12 AM
Reply #10 Monday, August 29, 2005 12:12 AM
http://www.winpatrol.com/ Winpatrol has a new version available.
Erk.
Reply #12 Monday, August 29, 2005 12:26 AM
Reply #12 Monday, August 29, 2005 12:26 AM
Yup, got it about 4 days ago ...still works as great as ever.
Two years on, ~and I still owe ya for pointing out this one, GM.
Two years on, ~and I still owe ya for pointing out this one, GM.
GoodMorphing
Reply #13 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:23 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:23 PM
WinPatrol has been updated. http://www.winpatrol.com/
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Reply #1 Monday, November 24, 2003 12:27 AM
I'm thinking of getting the plus, Do you have it? If so, is it worth the money?