I’ve been using WinPatrol free software for about 5 years now. WinPatrol is designed to report any attacke or violations that may occur on your system. In addition, WinPatrol is small is size, and puts a minimal amount of drain on your precious system resources. The biggest benefit about WinPatrol is that it is simple to use and basically does everything for you automatically. The latest version 12 offers better compatibility for those running Windows Vista. On the WinPatrol site the software is described as:

WinPatrol uses a heuristic behavioral approach to detecting attacks and violations of your computing environment. Traditional security programs scan your hard drive searching for previously identified threats. WinPatrol takes snapshot of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that may occur without your knowledge. You’ll be removing dangerous new programs while others prepare to update their definition/signiture data files.

As a MULTI PURPOSE SUPPORT UTILITY WinPatrol replaces multiple system utilities with its enhanced functionality. WinPatrol PLUS provides easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 programs.

As a robust SECURITY MONITOR, WinPatrol will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission. WinPatrol PLUS includes our unique, patent pending R.I.D. technology.

I highly recommend WinPatrol and you can beat the price. FREE! 🙂

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