WinPatrol
in [Spyware]
|
From: Buffalo on 29 Jan 2010 19:40 David Kaye wrote: > Based on the info here I installed WinPatrol yesterday. I didn't > think anything of it. I shut down the computer and turned it on > later in the day. I couldn't figure out why some of the icons on the > desktop were shimmering. It seems they were being highlighted over > and over in succession. I looked at the task manager. I noticed > that various programs were being highlighted over and over again, too. > > I immediately killed WinPatrol and the problem went away. > > Looks to me like WinPatrol is not ready for prime time. I just installed WinPatrol and when I tried to get online to play Quake3Arena, the screen started flickering or shimmering. The reason was that WinPatrol didn't recognize the program and was warning me. I exited Q3Arena and then the WinPatrol screen was visible. I gave Q3Arena permission and then everything was fine. Perhaps WinPatrol was trying to warn you about something. Most likely a trusted program you were using and all it needed was permission to accept it. Since you are software knowledgeable, I think you should be able to figure out the problem. Buffalo
From: Cronos on 29 Jan 2010 21:57 Buffalo wrote: > I just installed WinPatrol and when I tried to get online to play > Quake3Arena, the screen started flickering or shimmering. > The reason was that WinPatrol didn't recognize the program and was warning > me. I exited Q3Arena and then the WinPatrol screen was visible. I gave > Q3Arena permission and then everything was fine. > Perhaps WinPatrol was trying to warn you about something. Most likely a > trusted program you were using and all it needed was permission to accept > it. > Since you are software knowledgeable, I think you should be able to figure > out the problem. > Buffalo > > So, Winpatrol is just more nag-ware that I don't need or want.
From: Buffalo on 29 Jan 2010 23:25 Cronos wrote: > Buffalo wrote: > >> I just installed WinPatrol and when I tried to get online to play >> Quake3Arena, the screen started flickering or shimmering. >> The reason was that WinPatrol didn't recognize the program and was >> warning me. I exited Q3Arena and then the WinPatrol screen was >> visible. I gave Q3Arena permission and then everything was fine. >> Perhaps WinPatrol was trying to warn you about something. Most >> likely a trusted program you were using and all it needed was >> permission to accept it. >> Since you are software knowledgeable, I think you should be able to >> figure out the problem. >> Buffalo >> >> > So, Winpatrol is just more nag-ware that I don't need or want. If it becomes a pain, I will get rid of it. I will give it a fair chance. Buffalo
From: David Kaye on 30 Jan 2010 06:03 FredW <fredw(a)blackholespam.net> wrote: >There is nothing wrong with WinPatrol. >You are the very first person I ever saw complaining about WinPatrol. Once again, I got the problems when I ran WinPatrol (twice) and the problems stopped when I turned it off (twice). It's not the fault of my system; it's the fault of poor programming practices by the author(s) of WinPatrol.
From: David Kaye on 30 Jan 2010 06:08
"Buffalo" <Eric(a)nada.com.invalid> wrote: >Perhaps WinPatrol was trying to warn you about something. Most likely a >trusted program you were using and all it needed was permission to accept >it. First, there was no warning, just the flickering which appeared to be due to the repeated selection of programs/processes. On the desktop, the icons that flickered referred to QuickBooks, Avast, VisData (an Access database writer/reader put out by Microsoft), Google Earth, and the Recycle Bin. When I opened the Task Manager, WinPatrol kept highlighting (selecting) various processes in rapid succession. I don't recall what processes they were, but I'm running a very lean machine with only 34 processes, either Windows, Google, or iTunes-related processes. WinPatrol did not inform me about anything. |