winpatrol.exe
WinPatrol Monitor by BillP Studios (Signed)
Overview
winpatrol.exe has 10 known versions, the most recent one is 31.0.2014.0. winpatrol.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 483.64 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to BillP Studios by the certification authority COMODO CA Limited. The programs WinPatrol, WinPatrol 2009 and WinPatrol 2010 have been observed as installing specific variations of winpatrol.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0056% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 7.65 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 13.77 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 2.22 MB per minute for reads and 623 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | winpatrol.exe |
| Publisher: | BillP Studios |
| Product name: | WinPatrol Monitor |
| Description: | WinPatrol System Monitor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\billp studios\winpatrol\winpatrol.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | BillP Studios |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, June 6, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 7, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of WinPatrol Monitor.)
“WinPatrol monitors and exposes adware, keyloggers, spyware, worms, cookies, and other malicious software. This program puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates. WinP...”
“WinPatrol monitors and exposes adware, keyloggers, spyware, worms, cookies, and other malicious software. This program puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates. WinP...”
“WinPatrol monitors and exposes adware, keyloggers, spyware, worms, cookies, and other malicious software. This program puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates. WinP...”
“WinPatrol monitors and exposes adware, keyloggers, spyware, worms, cookies, and other malicious software. This program puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates. WinP...”
SUPERAntiSpyware is a software application distributed as shareware which can detect and remove spyware, adware, trojan horses, rogue security software, computer worms, rootkits, parasites and other p...
“EasyCleaner is a small program that searches through Windows registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files like temps and backups. You...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of winpatrol.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'WinPatrol' → C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\WinPatrol.exe -expressboot
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'WinPatrol PLUS' → C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\winpatrol.exe -expressboot
- 'WinPatrol' → C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\winpatrol.exe -expressboot
All file variations of winpatrol.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.73% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.41% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
12.24% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.20% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
8.16% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
6.12% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.08% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
2.04% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 63.27% of WinPatrol Monitor.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
28.57% |
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| Dell |
28.57% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.07% |
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| ASUS |
7.14% |
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| Gateway |
7.14% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.57% |
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| Sony |
3.57% |
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| Intel |
3.57% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.79% |
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