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Hi there,

I am thinking about purchasing Spyblaster, Malwarebyte Antimalware as a resident & Winpatrol…would be more than happy to hear to read your thoughts.

Hope they don’t clash with Avast or amongst each other.

MBAM would be the resident active.

Spyblaster would play the role of Spybot but its immunizations are much better…just with its immunizations I surf around with no sppywares/tracking cookies etc, on checking using on demand trail scanners.

Winpatrol has multiple utilities which you smart people know much more than me.

To summarize how do you see the combo of these 3 with Avast?

Thanks.

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Hope the developers of that products forgive me :'[ but I think it don’t worth to pay… you can stay with the free versions and run on-demand.

No, they’re fully compatible each other and avast.

3

Thanks Tech for your thoughts.

I appreciate em alot.

The reason for buying is e.g I have this file
winnt.bmp detcted by winpatrol > Hidden Files.

Hidden File
Company:
Copyright:
Version:
Created
07/08/2006 2:10 AM First Detected
12/19/2008 7:39 AM File Size
48,680
Path: C:\WINDOWS\WINNT.BMP

Is it windows file or a malware?

Spybalster is a awesome immunization/blocker application for both FF & IE.

I would be fine buying MBAM & Winpatrol?

Thanks again.

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Tech,
I’ll have to disagree with you on staying with the free version of WinPatrol.
The small investment for the paid version is worth it just for the ability to check on
what all the programs are that run on your system.

5

I totally agree!

I even have the Scotty USB Flash Wristband with the updated installers of CCleaner, MBAM SpywareBlaster and WinPatrol on it:
http://winpatrol.stores.yahoo.net/winpatrol-usb-flash-wristband.html

6

Info with WinPatrol PLUS

winnt.bmp
Hidden File
Company:
Copyright:
Version:
Path: C:\WINDOWS\WINNT.BMP
Created
02/19/2003 12:26 First Detected
07/18/2008 11:36 AM File Size
48,680

Windows Boot Logo – WINNT.BMP and WINNT.EXE

Winnt.bmp and winnt256.bmp will appear in your Windows folder. If you’re running WinPatrol 10.x or later, these files will appear in your Hidden Files list. These files display the Windows logo on boot up. Winnt.bmp is used if your video system doesn’t handle at least 256 colors. Otherwise, Winnt256.bmp is used. Since most people now have systems that handle more than 256 colors, the file name to use is Winnt256.bmp.

If you want to use a different image on boot up, you can do so by renaming winnt256.bmp to winnt256old.bmp and then naming your custom image winnt256.bmp. The image must be a vaild bitmap format file. This is only recommended if you’re very comfortable working with images and renaming/copying files. More information on customizing boot and login screens can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/deploy/confeat/06wntpcc.mspx?mfr=true.

Winnt.exe and winnt32.exe are used to launch the Windows installer from a command line. These files will appear in the /I386/ folder of your Windows install CD. More information can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=131735.

o Safe

7

Thanks YoKenny for the indepth analysis.

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Go ahead. I have the paid version also (I’ve translated Winpatrol and kindly receive a license) :wink: