Sometimes, antivirus is not enough to protect computer from virus or malware attack. Therefore we need addition security software that add new features without sacrifice CPU or memory usage. There are many software that give that protection but most of them utilize so big CPU and Memory usage. Here we can used WinPatrol, with just Free Edition we get amazing protection.

WinPatrol takes snapshot of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that may occur without your knowledge. WinPatrol was the pioneer in using a heuristic behavioral approach to detecting attacks and violations of your computing environment. It continues to be one of the most powerful system monitors while staying a single small program.

Removing and Disabling Startup Programs
WinPatrol’s top feature is how it monitors and allows you to review the programs that automatically launch when you start Windows. Any type of program determined to infect your system will most likely appear on Startup Programs list. This list is essential to detecting nasty software such as trojans, worms, spyware, adware or other programs that may insert themselves into your PC’s auto-startup locations.

WinPatrol: Delayed Start
The newest feature of WinPatrol will greatly improve your system startup time. There may be some programs which you do want to keep running but you don’t need to launch immediately on boot up. WinPatrol’s Delayed Startup allows you to specify the time to wait before launching programs which may typically run instantly when you boot slowing down the initialization of Windows.

ActiveX
An overwhelming majority of all browser plug-in vulnerabilities are due to problems discovered in ActiveX controls. It seems like every week more problems are reported in Quicktime, RealPlayer, Adobe Flash, Sun’s Java or other 3rd party controls. Once the vulnerability is known the risk increases exponentially until a patch is available.

WinPatrol takes the worry out of waiting for a patch to become available. When a vulnerability is found Scotty will let you disable or set the “kill-bit” on the appropriate control until a new one is made available.

IE Helpers – Browser Helper Objects
A Browser Helper Object or BHO is a helper program that is associated with the Internet Explorer browser. Every time you open Internet Explorer all BHOs installed on your PC will be loaded and run along with the browser. Even if you don’t use Internet Explorer, BHOs may be loaded each time you open a new folder in Windows Explorer.

Browser Helper Objects can be very useful, but they are often installed by other, potentially malicious programs you download, such as spyware, adware, or worse. Some BHOs used for marketing purposes may come along with reputable programs. Others are often installed by file sharing programs. In many cases BHOs cannot be removed using the Add/Remove Programs applet found in the Control Panel.

Not all BHOs are malicious, though. Some examples of helpful BHOs are the Google Toolbar or the Adobe Acrobat Helper BHO, which allows your browser to open PDF documents online. Other programs like WS-FTP from IPSwitch install BHOs to integrate their special features directly into Internet Explorer.

The list of bad BHOs is huge and growing every day. BHOs that are installed by spyware or adware may log your online habits and send reports of your online activities sent back to their creator. Others BHOs can bypass pop-up stopping programs, causing unexpected pop-up ads to appear on sites where you would not have expected them. One notorious BHO called LOP will continually hijack your Internet Explorer home page and direct you to sites you would never want to visit.

IE Helpers – Toolbar Add-Ons
Toolbar Add-Ons are similar to BHOs, however, they add new toolbars to Internet Explorer, whereas BHOs are often not visible at all. These Toolbar Add-Ons may or may not be active when you launch your browser. To see a complete list of available Toolbar objects, right-click on the main Internet Explorer toolbar and select Customize. Most Toolbar Add-Ons will not be activated unless you click on the button that is displayed.

As with BHOs, the number of annoying, even malicious Toolbar Add-Ons is growing daily. Toolbar Add-Ons are frequently installed by spyware and adware to induce you to use sites and services that you may not be interested in.

The other features :

• Managing Scheduled Tasks Monitor
• Managing Services
• Managing (removing) Active Tasks
• Cookie Management and Filtering
• Monitoring and Restoring File Type Associations
• Options – Host File/Start Page Monitoring
• Program Info and Properties

The other amazing key is the size of this program. With only 971 KB download size, we able to get all features above. Even paid version is also available, I think it’s enough for us. Download WinPatrol