Winpatrol provides a multitude of functions including startup control.

It was my go-to program to discover information about files on my PC.

I performed some extensive digging and found that all activity has ceased.

This includes the software website, Facebook and Twitter, and its been that way since mid 2017.

Here is an extract from the Florida Department of State: Data last refreshed on Saturday, January 19, 2019.

Id like to give it 5 stars but because it is dead I can only give it 1 star.

Thats right, all the lists of alternatives are crowd-sourced, and thats what makes the data powerful and relevant.

Its possible that the behavior-based detection system quarantined one process but missed another.

But it let some bad programs slip through and flagged many good programs as malicious in testing.

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I rarely see anything new, which is why I was excited to check out WinPatrol WinAntiRansom.

Despite the name, this product aims to protect against all forms of malware, not just ransomware.

Because it analyzes program behavior rather than relying on signatures, it should in theory be equally effective against all malware, including brand-new zero-day attacks.

In practice, however, it both missed some malware and falsely identified many good programs as malicious.

Looking strictly at the list price, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2017 (29.99 3 devices 1 year 50 off at Bitdefender), Kaspersky, Norton, and Webroot all cost twice as much for a single license.

McAfee runs three times the price of WinAntiRansom, but permits unlimited installations.

On the other hand, paying a bit more gets you a lot more in the way of protection in this case.

At launch, it displays the settings page, with a ribbon across the top allowing access to logs, configuration, help, and so on.

A set of icons at top right expands into a screen that lets you select from nearly four dozen skins, including several devoted to specific seasons or holidays.

I cant quite fathom why an anti-malware program needs so many skins, though.

Clicking the Programs icon displays this list, which flags digitally signed programs and Windows components with special icons.

The fact that they test a program at all says that they consider it important enough, and that the vendor is up for participation.

Good scores Even better Kaspersky Anti-Virus (29.99 3 Devices 1 Year at Kaspersky) in particular earns excellent scores from all the labs that I follow.

Unlike most antivirus apps, WinAntiRansom looks only at program behavior, so theres no on-access scan.

I just launched each malware sample in my collection and recorded the apps reaction.

In each case, it popped up a notification window with the title PreEmptive Strike Block and a line stating Performed a RansomwareMalware like action followed by a number in parentheses.

The popup offered two choices, Allow Next Time and Quarantine.

WinAntiRansom detected some of the samples immediately on launch, others after a little time had passed.

During my testing, I encountered 15 different numbers, ranging from one to 3001.

Weve never made them public because we dont want to help the malware authors find a way to avoid detection, or competitors to improve their products, he explained.

However, in a few cases I found a malware process not only installed but running.

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