WinPatrol

WinPatrol

by BillP Studios

What is WinPatrol?

WinPatrol is software application developed by BillP Studios. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.74% of installations running this operating system. WinPatrol's installer is typically 12.00 MB in size and installs around 69 files. The most common release is 28.1.2013.0 with 8.60% of all installations currently using this version.

WinPatrol is most popular in the United States with 68.66% of installations residing in this country.

WinPatrol adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, WinPatrol is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • WinPatrol.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\WinPatrol.exe'.
  • WinPatrolEx.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\WinPatrolEx.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • WinPatrol.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FE67DB86-0903-4F66-B79D-897C50380EAC}' (runs on registration).
  • WinPatrolEx.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{14CB25E0-BA55-40F1-A210-91C836F4C1A0}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • WinPatrol.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WinPatrol_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-236306665-2270083264-2504536895-1001.
Registry entries:
  • WinPatrol.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'WinPatrol Rus, v24.3.2012.0' and executes as C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\winpatrol.exe -expressboot.
  • WinPatrolEx.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'WinPatrol Explorer' and executes as C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\WinPatrolEx.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.winpatrol.com
Support:
https://www.winpatrol.com/support.html
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files3\INSTAL~1\{00781~1\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Size:
12.00 MB
Language:
English

WinPatrol Executable Details

Primary executable:
WinPatrolEx.exe
Name:
WinPatrol
Path:
C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\WinPatrolEx.exe
MD5:
a74bd2737aa6030a369d00fd2e833887
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by WinPatrol
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
494f8179df21c061f25f69f44b8e69ad
DLL
df134f7ab562bdf90b0f0526be1f4945
DLL
5dc205aa10dd520700ff312afe7e6bff
EXE
c7c3a1d01d49bfd145aaaae30c63b5a9
EXE
5fa895da83875d5a075d240d602513b0
EXE
8ba740d6fa172e2f89480c241de5dd14
EXE
29154f28bbce76cd20d0e00113c1cb85
EXE
a74bd2737aa6030a369d00fd2e833887
EXE
aca142e3e26d1780a283a7bc0f8c1146
EXE
5c98af9a183305de16e928630f50f99b