Download WinPatrol 12.2.2007

BillP Studios released version 12.2 of Winpatrol 2007 yesterday. In this program, ‘Scotty, the Windows watchdog’ keeps an eye on the system, which should make it work faster and more stable. It detects and stops spy, ad and malware, virus attacks, malicious Internet Explorer addons and prevents homepage hijacks. In addition, a number of other things are monitored, including the processes running on the PC, the hosts file and the file extensions. In addition to the free version, there is also a paid one Plus variant that gives access to a database of extensive information programs and processes and whether they are safe or malicious. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

What’s New

• Detect changes are made to your Automatic Update settings.
  The main reason for the feature is still to fight changes by malicious programs but it will also let you know if anyone like Microsoft makes changes without your knowledge.
• Detect changes to your default browser prefix
  If you don’t include http:// when you type in an address, Windows automatically adds it. If a malware program includes their address in this location, you’ll always go to their site, no matter what you type in.
• Properly detect registry settings which don’t meet Windows guidelines.
• Online PLUS activation added to support affiliate partnerships

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