Filed under: Security, Utilities, Windows, Commercial, Freeware, Windows x64
Winpatrol 2010 is out, and the little black scottie is leaner and meaner than ever
by Lee Mathews Oct 12th 2009 at 1:00PM
Just released, WinPatrol 2010 builds on the strengths of previous versions. It's now even lighter on memory use, weighing in at about 5Mb on my Windows 7 x64 system. Scotty's also learned to play nice by tweaking internal behaviors to reduce conflicts with antivirus applications.
The new version's cookies tab now handles Firefox and Google Chrome in addition to Internet Explorer. Users of the WinPatrol Pro will also enjoy improved realtime scanning speed - 30% quicker than the free version.
Winpatrol also scores serious points for its Pro licensing plan. Not only do you pay once for the software and receive a lifetime of upgrades, but developer Bill Pytlovany believes that your license should follow you - not your computer. That means you're free to enjoy your paid WinPatrol on any and all PCs that you personally own and use. Nice!
Both the free and pro versions of WinPatrol 2010 are available for download now, as is WinPatrol To Go -- the portable version, which is also free.
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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Crunge said 4:37PM on 10-12-2009
It's SCOTTIE, not Scotty. I couldn't figure out what you were talking about until I saw the little Scottie icon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Terrier
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Crunge said 4:39PM on 10-12-2009
Oh never mind... I see the product people named him Scotty. My bad.