WinPatrol Announcement

[TeMerc]

From BillP Studios, creators of WinPatrol:

-{ Quote: "On Tuesday, August 9th BillP Studios will be making two official announcements.

One will be in the form of a press release announcing the results of independent testing done which showed WinPatrol able to "detect 100% of the top spyware threats on a Microsoft Windows based PC."

The 2nd announcement will be the release of WinPatrol 9.7. This new version increases the number of Startup program locations which are monitored and protected by Scotty. Some more advanced features will only be available for PLUS members who generally have a better understanding of some of the undocumented startup locations.

For a sneak peek at WinPatrol 9.7, you can read what will be new at http://www.winpatrol.com/upgrade97.html and even download our latest beta release.

As always, thank you to everyone who has supported our development over the years by not only spreading the news about Scotty but also providing their friendship.

Bill" }-

Source Link (http://castlecops.com/postlite129784-.html)

[rdsu]

A must have for me... ;)

[ErikAlbert]

I installed WinPatrol immediately, because I still had one unused spot for Scotty in my system tray.

[bigc73542]

It does seem to be a pretty good program. ;)

[thewolf]

I like WinPatrol too, and some of the reasons are not just because it's a great program, but because they seem like such an honest company, and they have NEVER been in it for the money, like some other companies around these parts. I feel that the WinPatrol team has always been in it to try to help alleviate the spyware problem, and not to profit from it.

BillP Studios, the makers of WinPatrol, are definitely a company we should be supporting IMO. Honest guys like BillP, and the WinPatrol team, just put so many others to shame because of their extremely fair dealings and their honesty, not to mention putting out a great program. I truly hope WinPatrol will be around a long long long time. Much thanks to BillP and the WinPatrol team. ;D

[Vikorr]

I'm a little confused. Are you equating honesty to 'not being in it for the money' ? (heheh, by which definition I would not be honest, as I work for money)

I like winpatrol too. One the the most user friendly computer management/security tools around.

And BillP provides great support at his forum over at Castlecops.

[Detox]

Off-topic/bashing post removed.

[StevieO]

WinPatrol has served me and many others i know very well for a number of years, popping up when required to alert us. I have rolled back to the previous version though, as i found the HOSTS protect On/Off button a great asset, which has been removed from later versions.

I find the other features in WP very useful too.

We have never had any problems with any version, and continue to recommend it.

I also think Bill P is one of the good guys, and my sincere thanks and appreciation go out to him for giving us, and continuing to support WinPatrol.


StevieO

[wpfan]

I noticed the new yet to be released 9.7 version of WinPatrol is supposed to have buffer overflow protection. Taken from the website:

Buffer Overflow Security Added
WinPatrol 9.7 now uses newly developed Windows text functions provided by Microsoft to protect developers from security threats caused by hackers taking advantage of possible buffer overflow flaws.

Sounds interesting.

[Mrkvonic]

-{ Quote: "I'm a little confused. Are you equating honesty to 'not being in it for the money' ? (heheh, by which definition I would not be honest, as I work for money)

I like winpatrol too. One the the most user friendly computer management/security tools around.

And BillP provides great support at his forum over at Castlecops." }-

Hi,
Truly good software comes only from non-profit motives. It's the modern Communism, if you like it. Long live Billy and Patrick Kolla!
Cheers,
Mrk

[Vikorr]

-{ Quote: "Hi,
Truly good software comes only from non-profit motives. It's the modern Communism, if you like it. Long live Billy and Patrick Kolla!
Cheers,
Mrk" }-

Hi MRK, I find that's hardly true at all.

Even using that supposition...Someone has to pay for the bandwith. Very few are motivated to give money away to the non-needy :)

However, that discussion is a bit off topic. I've watched WP develop over the years. I didn't have it on my computer for a year at one stage, and was quite impressed with how much it had improved next time I used it. BillP deserves much kudo's for it's continuing development :)

[whereisthebeef]

took wp 9.7 for a little test spin.....what impressed me most was the terrible un-install......which totally failed to even begin to un-install the program. wp had to be removed by use of a couple of registry editors.
a great program but can not understand this un-install problem. anyone else have the same problem.

[ErikAlbert]

Did you Exit Program, before you start uninstalling it ?

[whereisthebeef]

yes, for sure wp was completely shut down before un-install.
in add/remove the wp listing would be removed but the program itself remained fully installed. played around with this for several hours but the un-install just refuse to work. don't think i will be trying to use wp again anytime in the future. yes, a really great program for sure but just wont un-install on my computer. this should not discourage others from using wp.

[ErikAlbert]

In that case, I'm already worried to uninstall mine. Pfffft. I'll fix it as usual.

[bigc73542]

Just installed the new version WP, it seems to be doing just fine so far. ;)

[wpfan]

-{ Quote: "yes, for sure wp was completely shut down before un-install.
in add/remove the wp listing would be removed but the program itself remained fully installed. played around with this for several hours but the un-install just refuse to work. don't think i will be trying to use wp again anytime in the future. yes, a really great program for sure but just wont un-install on my computer. this should not discourage others from using wp." }-


Well the 9.7 version is still in beta, it's not an official release, as you can see if you go to the Winpatrol website, the 9.5 version is still the one available for download, so if your having problems you should report them to BillP because that's what you do when your testing a beta release. If you don't want problems with programs in the future, wait till it comes out of beta before you try it.

[bigc73542]

This is the version that I downloaded about an hour age.

[Triple Helix]

-{ Quote: "This is the version that I downloaded about an hour age." }-

I just got the Newest Version!! http://www.winpatrol.com/cgi-bin/version.pl?&userid=GNZ5NW2&build=9.7.0.0:9.7.0.0&Loc=en

Cheers,

[bigc73542]

went back and got this one, all within an hour :-\

[Triple Helix]

At Lease you got the new Version now instead of the Beta!!


Cheers to you BigC

[hayc59]

WinPatrol 9.7 Released

Bug Fixes and minor enhancements

Fixed text placement in File Type alert
Fixed File Type monitoring error when using Explorer to modify some file types.
Improved R.I.D. compatibility with other registry intensive programs.
Product Info: Winpatrol (http://www.winpatrol.com/)
Download Scotty! http://www.winpatrol.com/images/scotty38.gif Winpatrol 9.7 (http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html)
=============================
WinPatrol has been tested against almost 100 top spyware threats and scored 100%.
A press release is going out today and is located at
http://www.winpatrol.com/winpatrolpr200508.pdf
Thanks!
Bill

[tester717]

When I download and install from either the link posted by Dagolag or directly from the Winpatrol website, all I can get is the 9.5.0.1 installer. I even reinstalled it and am still getting only 9.5.0.1. Weird stuff. Is anyone else having this problem? :(

[Smokey]

-{ Quote: "When I download and install from either the link posted by Dagolag or directly from the Winpatrol website, all I can get is the 9.5.0.1 installer. I even reinstalled it and am still getting only 9.5.0.1. Weird stuff. Is anyone else having this problem? :(" }-
Release info Winpatrol 9.7 here. (http://www.winpatrol.com/upgrade97.html)

Direct downloadlink Winpatrol 9.7: here (http://www.winpatrol.com/wpsetup97.exe)

[Mrkvonic]

Hi,
I download and installed and uninstalled without sweat. Using xp sp2 here.
Mrk

[Triple Helix]

Updated again!!

Cheers,

[Vietnam Vet]

Well, I had never used WinPatrol before and since I have heard a lot of good things about WinPatrol and it still supports this 98SE system, I thought I would take Scotty for a walk. Well, story in a nutshell, I was very disappointed, not with the program, but with it's apparent incompatibilities with my particular system! :'( That little dog chased the cat, chewed the furniture and hiked his leg all over everything! :o

Seriously, in approximately 45 minutes I allowed the program to remain on my system, I had 1 BSOD, 2 other complete system lockups with the only recourse being the reset button on the tower, and the program absolutely refused to allow me to leave my Task Scheduler disabled as I normally do. I usually only enable the Scheduler every other Friday night to run scheduled maintenance and then disable it again on Saturday mornings. Every time I open the interface to WinPatrol, it automatically starts the Task Scheduler. This continued right up to the bitter end even though I set the program to not monitor that particular area.

Now, since the program has had a couple of minor updates, I am thinking about downloading the latest version and trying again. Call me a glutton for punishment, ::) but I don't like to give up, especially on a program that should be a keeper.

My questions, should I be worried about a possible conflict between WinPatrol and SpywareGuard? I also use Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel and Startup Monitor. I did not get the usual warning from the startup monitor when the Task Scheduler was started(sometimes multiple instances showing in the bar, but only 1 instance actually running-I do know that the icon will appear in some versions of windows when Scotty checks for the list of scheduled tasks). I should add that I had problems even with SpywareGuard, Nod32, and Zone Alarm all disabled(not allowed to start at bootup). Mike's Startup Monitor was not disabled during any of this.

One last question, is there a support forum for WinPatrol, or a forum where the program is regularly discussed and, if so, could someone be so kind as to post a link, please?

TIA for any replies.
VV

[ronjor]

http://castlecops.com/f105-WinPatrol_Talk.html

[Vietnam Vet]

Thanks ronjor!

[JRCATES]

-{ Quote: "Well, I had never used WinPatrol before and since I have heard a lot of good things about WinPatrol and it still supports this 98SE system, I thought I would take Scotty for a walk. Well, story in a nutshell, I was very disappointed, not with the program, but with it's apparent incompatibilities with my particular system! :'( That little dog chased the cat, chewed the furniture and hiked his leg all over everything! :o
" }-

LMAO!!! :o :P ;D

Sorry, I use and like WinPatrol, but that was hilarious!!!

There are a few bugs with the latest release that the author has been working on, and that this latest release will hopefully fix. Since this release came pretty quickly, with little to no fanfare, I'm not surprised that there were a few issues that would need to be addressed. But I wouldn't hesitate to try it again, Vietnam Vet....

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "Thanks ronjor!" }-

You're welcome Vietnam Vet! :)

[Vietnam Vet]

Hi JRCATES,

I was reading several of the threads over at CastleCops(thanks again, Ronjor) and even though I didn't see anything like my problem, it is obvious they are serious about this program. Even if I never find a way to get the app to work out on my system, I won't have anything bad to say. And I hope no one takes that little attempt at humor in my previous post too seriously.

I will definitely download the latest and try again as soon as time permits. Thanks for the reply.

VV

[JRCATES]

For anyone who has downloaded 9.7.0.0 or 9.7.0.1, there has been a new release issued (9.7.0.4) that corrects a few minor issues.

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8287/wp97043fu.png

The "View History" tab that crashed before now works problem free...and some other "identification" type issues were resolved.

But before anyone installs 9.7.0.4, you HAVE TO uninstall any previous versions of WP (you'll get that message during the installation process that previous versions must be removed - I found that one out myself). I figured that this would probably be a good time for me to go ahead and do a very thorough manual cleaning of any left behind files, folders, and registry keys (as well as run my registry cleaners) associated with BillP Studios and WinPatrol. This is NOT necessary, though, because the left behind files and/or folders retain most of the information like history, etc, but I did so just to have as clean of an install as possible.

What I did does make it a lot cleaner in appearance from the GUI standpoint as well. Before, I had half a dozen "Startup" programs that I had disabled but which remained in the Startup Programs tab. Now those are gone.....so I suggest that anyone who might want to have one of their currently disabled SU programs added back as a SU app later to go ahead and enable it before uninstalling the current version (THAT IS - if you delete the files/folders/registry keys, etc., otherwise you won't have to worry about it)

Of course, simply uninstalling from Windows Add/Remove is all that in necessary.....I wanted to be sure to add that!

So far, so good....but for PLUS members just be sure to write down your Name and Reg. Code from the PLUS tab interface before you uninstall in the event that you do a thorough uninstall (deleting remaining files/folders/registry keys) so you can enter it in once you do the installation. Otherwise, it should recognize you just by using Windows to add/remove and then installing 9.7.0.4