Keeping watchdog in your computer

In reality, dogs guard houses, prevent thieves and protect its owner. Keeping a watch dog like rottweiler, bulldog, or doberman to guard the house is definitely a good choice.

For computers, no rottweilers...:( BUT...let me introduce a watch dog call Scotty :D


I have been training Scotty for quite some time and notices that Scotty is a very loyal, smart, intelligent, high performance but sometimes irritating :(

Scotty is born in a company call BillP Studios, the product name is called Winpatrol
http://www.winpatrol.com/

Again, installation is as easy as ABC. Install winpatrol and say hi to Scotty. There is many things that Scotty can do, it can be used to clean virus. Some virus disable the task manager of windows, and hide itself from being detected by anti virus. Even if the virus did not disable the task manager, some virus is visible and can be seen in the task manager. You can end the process in task manager, but next time your when machine boots up, the virus will be execute again....:(

Using Scotty/Winpatrol u can actually view the folder/directory of the virus file.
for example, explorer.exe(not a virus, just an example, but some virus may use the same name)

Click on 'Active Tasks' ( In case some virus disable your task manager.This can be used to stop the virus) Right Click and click 'Info'

Now you can see the location of the program, if it is a virus, you can browse and find the folder then delete the virus folder or .exe file manually

Scotty can also view the startup location of a program or explore the folder, you can also disable some programs which you do not want it to start when booting up yr machine.

You can also view the ActiveX which is use by Internet Explorer or other browsers,

or view hidden files


This is a good program if you want to remove a virus manually or view processes that is running in your machine. Winpatrol will automatically scan your computer for any possible treat. If a virus is trying to modify your system files, winpatrol will alert you and ask wait for your decision whether to allow or decline the changes.

Scotty will keep on scanning and alert you if there is any changes in your system.
So, performance or security? :) Triangle...........