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.
- Fixed installer to better remove previous versions of WinPatrol
- Corrects issue causing installer to hang during upgrade on some computers
- Corrected installer to honor non-standard installation folders when upgrading from V32 and above
- Fixed bug that could cause WinPatrol service to stop running
- Contains additional fixes to prevent recurring prompts
- Contains fixes for additional stale data clean-up