WinPatrol Update

Hi, WinPatrol is now at version, 8.1.2.0, it is still free for private use :)

You can get it here:

http://www.winpatrol.com/

Cheers

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Increase Your Speed & System Performance.
Detect & Neutralize Spyware. Detect & Neutralize ADware.
Detect & Neutralize Viral infections. Detect & Neutralize Unwanted IE Add-Ons.
Detect & Restore File Type Changes Automatically Filter Unwanted Cookies.
Avoid Start Page Hijacking. Detect HOSTS file changes.
Kill Multiple Tasks that replicate each other, in a single step!
Stop programs that repeatedly add themselves to your Startup List!
Delete and Remove the most Stubborn Infections

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well i don get it ,it is as simple as keep up a fire wall and a good AV thats it you don need any thing else also use fire fox
well may be for the

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Stop programs that repeatedly add themselves to your Startup List!
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Kill Multiple Tasks that replicate each other, in a single step!

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no offence to nihil though

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yourdeadin: well i don get it ,it is as simple as keep up a fire wall and a good AV thats it you don need any thing else also use fire fox…

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Either you are doggone lucky or don’t go online! :D

A short study on the relationships between a Firewall, AV, the not “End-all-of my-troubles Firefox”, and Malware, would have you downloading every piece of decent anti-spyware software on the Internet. :eek:

So please post your formula for success. I'm tired of downloading programs and updates!

:)
cheers

edit: Thanks for the update Nihil

yourdeadin,

This is something of a multipurpose tool. I have used it on several occasions to resolve resource conflicts, because you can suspend startup processes and then launch them manually, so you can see what is conflicting with what much quicker than doing it "longhand"

It also has a decent "info" feature that tells you what is held on your PC about the origins of programs and processes. And it displays related icons.

I like the cookie manager, as you can filter by keyword, or part thereof. It allows the cookie in, then kills it AFTER the website thinks it has been successfully planted.

Best of all, because it is a behavioural tool (it doesn't use pattern files or whatever) it only takes up about 900k in its installation format.

I notice that it now supports various flavours of Mozilla as well as IE (that is new).

Please do not think that a firewall and AV will protect you :eek: They are really not that good when it comes to adware, spyware and trojans.

As it is very small, why not download it and take a look?

Cheers :)

I never found a good use for it, maybe im using it wrong?

Relyt

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So please post your formula for success. I'm tired of downloading programs and updates

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its a secert,but i'll share it with u
bring ur ears closer don't download stuff from internet
get some computer mag cd get everything u need from there and thats it

nihil

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It also has a decent "info" feature that tells you what is held on your PC about the origins of programs and processes. And it displays related icons.

I like the cookie manager, as you can filter by keyword, or part thereof. It allows the cookie in, then kills it AFTER the website thinks it has been successfully planted.

Best of all, because it is a behavioural tool (it doesn't use pattern files or whatever) it only takes up about 900k in its installation format.

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yes i totally agree with that but

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Please do not think that a firewall and AV will protect you They are really not that good when it comes to adware, spyware and trojans.

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i am not on that ,for adware , spyware and stuff i rather use the ol Relisable
hijacj ths

what i belive
[personal opinion]

antispyware are also a kind of spyware ,its a whole vicious never endig cycle .
may be i am wrong

i also go with oofki, ive never found those tools use ful

thanx

Hey, yourdeadin...............we are not arguing here I feel, just approaching from different angles?

I feel that it is useful to clarify our positions for the benefit of guests etc. reading this forum?

You say that you like HijackThis!..................well, so do I, but please allow me to present this scenario to you:

You get several machines a week that have basically nothing wrong with them except the user has loaded that "application too far" or they are choked with malware? Now, I would normally charge a fixed fee.............and most of this stuff has built up over time.............so we are looking at 100-300 bits of malware.........are you going to use HJT or tools?

I would use tools because I would prefer to work for $50 per hour than $5 :)

My other point would be that I can send a user away, knowing that they can use AdAware SE, Ewido, SwatIT, SpyBot S&D and run online AV scans.................I won't be there for them all the time. That will get rid of most of the malware so their system will at least work OK?

Now, your system and mine get very little of this stuff, and if we do, it is probably too exotic to be caught by the tools. So we use HJT and the like..................I would not like one of my customers using that, as I would probably have to charge for a re-format and re-install :eek:

We are talking about different environments/situations, I think?

Cheers

Im still confuzed about why I would use it, people say it is great but I dont get it? It is pretty much a compilcation of useful tools but maybe because I know what is supposed to be in the hijackthis logs and I know how to do all of thethings it does manually and I am so used to doing it, to me it seems useless? But please explain if I am missing something. I download it every once in a while because people talk about it.

So I guess my question is, Nehil what do you do with it? And what exactly is your occupation if you dont mind me asking. Are you a tech like me? :D

OK oofki,

That is a fair question that I will attempt to answer.............remember, I will still talk to you even if you don't use the tool :D

It has an option to show the start menu and what is in it....................OK malware you can get rid of by other means, but suppose you have a software load conflict or deadly embrace? You can use it to suspend startups at a single mouseclick, then re-instate them the same way.

The cookie manager is cool.............it only used to work with IE but now it will support Mozilla derivatives. I can accept and destroy cookies from AO, Microsoft and anybody.

When you look at startup programs, you can see the ICON, same for running processes.

OK I don't use it for a lot of what it is supposed to do, but I have found it useful :D

Anyway, a tool that works is always potentially good?

Cheers

Okay I guess that works for some people but I guess I just have no use for it then. When I i view start up items i use msconfig or hijack this and I guess I wouldnt use for the cookie part. And you didnt answer me, whats your occupation?

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And you didnt answer me, whats your occupation?

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Please accept my apology, I missed that bit out in my answer. :o

I have been involved in IT since 1970 in various roles. Fundamentally I am an analyst/project manager; but I came up through a different background. I got involved with PCs in the early 1980s

I discovered how to take them to bits, and how to build one :D ....and I am going back to when 8meg of RAM cost $180

I do projects, but I live in a community where there are very few IT technicians, so I have to do stuff like upgrades, cleanouts and the like, for friends and family, and their friends..................it is a sort of second job?

I hope that answers your question............if not, please feel free to PM me

Cheers,

Johnno

I will back up Nihil here......

I recommend this tool to all my 650 users for their home machines and for anyone else that will listen. There is no simpler tool for a user to install and for me to train to use.... The training consists of the following:-

"If the Scotty Dog ever pops up and says that something just tried to install itself on your computer or change your homepage think to yourself 'Did I just install a program or change my homepage'?, if the answer is no tell Scotty Dog to block it by saying 'NO'"

Training complete.... Is it a "perfect" product? No, of course not... But it catches almost everything that tries to autostart itself, which is a good thing for every standard (L)user.... ;)

Then, as Nihil alludes to, it is a good little tool for running your own quick troubleshooting on pre-XP systems because it gives nice quick acces to all the startups and services with the ability to disable without deleting them, (disabled drop to the bottom of the list). I have used it on numerous occasions for just this.

Lastly, and most important, the concept of the little Scotty Dog, that protects your computer and barks at you when someone bad tries to do something to the computer is "cute" for the users and makes them want to use it..... That is, by far, it's best feature.... and their kids love it.... ;)

well Tea Timer with Spybot does that just not as cute.

For your _average_ user..... "Cute" really, really works.... Trust me.....

Hey guys,

I am not saying "you must use this tool", what I am saying is more like "you may find this tool useful in certain circumstances"

Remember that some of us are not dealing with the cognoscenti (the knowledgeable) we are dealing with Joe Public users?

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roger that, for the end user, cute and simple is priceless I just must to be "too good" for this prog lmao

Hey, do remember that there are others? take a look and see if you might not recommend it to others?

Well for an entry level wanna be tech it would be a great all in one tool to mess around with start up entrys and such. And btw thanks for posting your work history!

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You get several machines ................................................. I would use tools because I would prefer to work for $50 per hour than $5

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yes,fair enough but i am a single pc user
so not much of my use
thanx

I'm with Nihil and Tiger Shark on WinPatrol as well: it's a very nice protection tool against spyware and things that try to autostart.

I find RegistryProt by Diamond CS (www.diamondcs.com.au/regprot) is handy too but more geared for the *techie* than average user. It's also a little better at what it catches but offers very little details compared with WinPatrol...hence why is better for *techies*.

Just my .002