Download WinPatrol 24.5.2012

BillP Studios has released an update for version 2012 of WinPatrol. 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. Two issues have been fixed in this release. The first sometimes caused the program to crash, the other did not always let the program start with Windows.

New WinPatrol 24.5.2012.Build 24.5 has some changes in both WinPatrol and our installation program. This version addresses two major reports. One relates to WinPatrol crashing for no obvious reason. The other report is that WinPatrol wasn’t always running when the computer started.

Our previous version also had more than its share of trouble trying to “Kill” programs that were running. Thanks to the Microsoft engineers who offered tips at our recent Most Valuable Professional summit. This version works much better so we expect all users will happy updating to 24.5.