BillP Studios - (Freeware)
WinPatrol is a must for computer for detecting unknown programs that installed without your knowledge and took control of your computer.
WinPatrol is a handful utility that detects in real time unknown programs from being installed without your knowledge and take control of your computer.
The software allows to identify programs in use and those whose presence is suspected. The approach is different from traditional software programs that simply scan the hard drive, the heuristic method is used to detect violations of the system and access to unauthorized resources.
Having 8 tabs, it offers access to the following sections of the system: the list of programs that launch at startup of Windows, Internet Explorer extensions (IE Helpers ) -often used by spyware to broadcast advertising, scheduled tasks, Windows services, active tasks - displaying all running application, including those that are hidden, cookies (Internet Explorer and Mozilla compatible and supported), file extensions and associations.
His method is heuristic and can detect violations of the system and access to unauthorized resources.
* What's so special about the WinPatrol Cloud ?
If "Cloud" sounds stupid and doesn't make sense, think "collaboration". The new version allows everyone in the WinPatrol community to safely share when something new works or doesn't work properly.
The WinPatrol Cloud Edition is considered a “Software-as-a-Service†version of cloud computing and relies on a collaboration approach to bring a huge value to all everyone in the WinPatrol community. Results detected by individual WinPatrol users are collected so everyone using WinPatrol can share their good and bad experiences.
* One part of the WinPatrol Cloud is a poll where the WinPatrol community of users can provide personal feedback on files that are detected. The poll data will be available to both FREE and PLUS users.