Download WinPatrol 20.5.2011

BillP Studios has released version 20.5 of WinPatrol 2011. In this program, ‘Scotty, the Windows watchdog’ keeps an eye on the system, making it work faster and more stable. Scotty detects and stops attacks from spy, ad and malware, viruses and malicious Internet Explorer add-ons, while also preventing home page hijacks. A few other things are also monitored, including the processes running on the PC, the hosts file, and file extensions. In addition to the free version, there is also a paid one Plus variant, which provides access to a database with extensive information about programs and processes, which states, for example, whether they are safe or malicious. The most important improvements in version 20.5 are listed below.

NEW with WinPatrol 20.5

• Firefox Cookies
  Firefox 4.0 uses an updated version of the SQLite database library which included features not supported by WinPatrol. We’ve updated our SQLite code to support Firefox 4.0 users.
• Duplicate WinPatrols
  Some 64-bit users reported duplicate WinPatrol entries in the startup programs list. This has been fixed. I’ve also updated the check box on the Options tab so you can initialization how WinPatrol is set to start.
• Provided Cloud Privacy Option
  While I’m satisfied with our implementation of data collected when you keep or remove a program many of your friends using WinPatrol are obviously concerned about privacy. You may uncheck the option to share decisions. This may also reduce complaints by Firewall programs. Most firewall programs are happy as long as you let them know that WinPatrol.exe and WinPatrolEx.exe are safe. Even if you don’t participate in sharing your choices, PLUS members will still have useful Cloud data available when checking PLUS Info.
• X64 Run Duplicates
  Reduced confusion when applications included their RUN registry in both the WOW64 key and legacy RUN key. Both entries will be displayed when “Display Secret Startup locations” is checked.
• First Detected Sort
  I finally fixed a long time bug in how Startup Programs are sorted. I apoligize that more date for formats are not supported at this time. I know this is important to friends outside the US but security features have taken priority.
• User Interface
  Some fonts have been tweaked to make sure all information is available.
• Digital Signature
  Updated Code Signing Digital Signiture v3 now valid until June 2012