Winpatrol .. Tips Please!

WP only monitors items that BillP has determined are the ones that are most often used (or more accurately "abused") by malware writers. Thus the tabs that list New Startups, New ActiveX Components, IE BHO's and so forth. But for all that it does watch, there are thousands and thousands of things it doesn't watch. So the fact that we can install some programs and never receive a bark from Scottie doesn't really prove anything good or bad (IMO)...

 

I installed Winpatrol Free and then I edited the hosts file. After 3 minutes Scotty is barking Yes, Scotty can remove the new line in hosts file, but the hosts file was not "protected".

 

Hi

So Far... I Really Like Winpatrol

Only thing I'm worried about now
IE8 is ready to be rolled out!
If WP doesn't support Firefox 3
Will it support IE8 ?

Because I've not experienced any WP warnings ( Pop Ups ) - Yet!
I've set IE7 watching and IE7 Helper watching .. To - 0
Just until I've got IE8 safely installed

Thanks!

 

Do you really think watchdogs are valued more for their bite or for their bark??

I really appreciate a good bark (with informative tonal nuances) that gives me a chance to grab the shotgun or call 911, whichever seems more appropriate.

 

i think both cause when the barking is loud that's when i start running before i get a byte

 

LOL

Wow, you're in rare form today, jmonge!

 

too much coffee i guez

 

So it's just a system monitor, I don't need Scotty

 

Isn't preventing changes to the Hosts file "protection"?

Hence the rationale of the "Plus" version vs. Free. Real-time monitoring.

 

Yes, but there was no preventing! My changes were removed by Scotty 3 minutes later!

Yes, as far as I know the PLUS version offers real-time-protection / prevention

 

What do you want for nothing? Polling at X minute intervals and reversing changes ain't bad for free
Send Bill P. some $ for realtime protection!
That said; if you need uber protection, i.e.: you run a high risk profile, you would be better served with one of the many flavors of HIPs (many free).
But I'm sure you know that already
Note: I had a license for one of the top shelf HIPs, but ultimately uninstalled it in lieu of the low risk factor here.
(No click happy kids or the like)


Cheers

 

It's ok for free, you are right. If Obama is printing more $$$ then maybe 1 € will become 29,95 $ This is the time to buy Winpatrol Plus

 

The feature you're talking about is the cookie filter. Unless MS made some fundamental changes in the way cookies are handled in IE8, it should probably work fine.

FF 3 handles cookies very differently than earlier versions. Bill apparently feels cookie handling in FF 3 is not a priority and I tend to agree. Using either FF's native cookie tools or the CookieSafe extension (which I use) is probably a better solution than anything Bill could design.

 

Hi HAN

Thanks!
You've put my mind at rest