WinPatrol Finds New Owner, to Remain Ad-Free for Ever

[Matsuda]

WinPatrol, which was, is and will remain one of the best apps that can help get rid of Trojan horses, adware, spyware and other infections, has just found a new owner that shall keep the project alive and continue offering an ad-free experience for many years.

Ruiware LLC has recently agreed to take over the development process of the app from Bill Pytlovany, the person who has been behind the project from the very beginning, with the company promising that WinPatrol will not only stay clean, but also get more improvements and features as part of new versions.

“Version 32.0.2014.0 will be the first version of WinPatrol released by Ruiware (pronounced Rayware). My name is Bret Lowry, I am a founder of Ruiware and the developer who will be working on WinPatrol moving forward. I worked closely with Bill Pytlovany for this release and will continue working with him during the transition period,” Bret Lowry, founder of Ruiware, said today.

In an announcement made this morning, Lowry explained that lifetime licenses would remain valid for your whole life, while also confirming that no matter the improvements he makes to the app, no toolbars or other third-party add-ons would be implemented in its installer.

What's more, the new WinPatrol owner promised to continue offering support for all users, so you know where to go if you'd like to get an answer to some of your questions regarding the app.

“I use WinPatrol myself and therefore am committed to the continued improvement of WinPatrol. I am honored to have earned Bill’s trust and confidence in his allowing me to purchase WinPatrol. Bill has run WinPatrol with integrity since its inception, as a founder of Ruiware (along with my wife Phoebe), I promise we will carry on that tradition,” Lowry explained.

Bill Pytlovany, the one who brought the app to life, revealed that he already received plenty of offers for WinPatrol, but he refused all of them in order to make sure that development continues without any toolbars and unwanted search hijackers bundled into the installer.

As you can see, the new owner has already announced a new version of WinPatrol, but there are no details as to when this is supposed to see daylight.

Of course, we'll keep an eye on this app to let you know when the launch takes place and we promise to review the new version soon after that, just to help you figure out whether the new owner has what it takes to be in charge of such a terrific project.

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[knowledge-Spammer]

thats good

[avmad]

I wonder how much he paid for it?

Nowdays WinPatrol functions can be found in lots of other apps. I use it less and less lately.

[LeeSmithG]

I got it for free and it's mustard.

It's a good app and is worth paying for.

[shorty6100]

Good for Bill P. He has honorable convictions. I hope the new owner will honor his convictions.

[banned]

I'll be using it less and likely also, if they don't choose to do something about the new (horrible) tile icons..

[mjall]

is winpatrol better than windows manager 8 or Malwarebytes? has anyone measured effectiveness of these 3 by any chance?

[steven36]

is winpatrol better than windows manager 8 or Malwarebytes? has anyone measured effectiveness of these 3 by any chance?

Different type apps really .. I find winpatrol to be much better for and x86 O/S than x64 since I switched to using x64 I no longer use winpatrol... Also I use to use Yamicsoft mangers on Vista and 7 but I no longer use Yamicsoft for windows 8 . I no longer install tons of stuff I dont really use lol.

[mjall]

is winpatrol better than windows manager 8 or Malwarebytes? has anyone measured effectiveness of these 3 by any chance?

Different type apps really .. I find winpatrol to be much better for and x86 O/S than x64 since I switched to using x64 I no longer use winpatrol... Also I use to use Yamicsoft mangers on Vista and 7 but I no longer use Yamicsoft for windows 8 . I no longer install tons of stuff I dont really use lol.

I agree with you that I don't like installing many apps as well if I don't use them but if any of them are good for removing malware then why not but I am confused lately as everytime you read one article, each software claims to be the best

[steven36]

is winpatrol better than windows manager 8 or Malwarebytes? has anyone measured effectiveness of these 3 by any chance?

Different type apps really .. I find winpatrol to be much better for and x86 O/S than x64 since I switched to using x64 I no longer use winpatrol... Also I use to use Yamicsoft mangers on Vista and 7 but I no longer use Yamicsoft for windows 8 . I no longer install tons of stuff I dont really use lol.

I agree with you that I don't like installing many apps as well if I don't use them but if any of them are good for removing malware then why not but I am confused lately as everytime you read one article, each software claims to be the best

Well the answer to you question is out all 3 programs the only one that most likely that would be able to remove most malware is Malwarebytes . Winpatrol may warn you of some change made in your system or if you use x86 tell you something is trying change your host files . But I found in x64 most of the best things in Winpatrol no longer worked or didnt work right . And I never would trust a all in one Tweak app like windows manager 8 to remove malware the only program I have installed out of the 3 is Malwarebytes