File purpose and description:

Winpatrol.exe is a program file that was most likely installed by yourself. Note also that there is reported bots using this same name. The exact file location is also listed below if you wish to verfiy it is not spyware, as many spyware programs use similiar names and just locate them elsewhere on your hard drive in an attempt to fool you. Always check the proper location of your programs if you are suspicious. The program is part of the winpatrol security software program, and its purpose is to help protect your computer. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
winpatrol.exe

File type:
This is an executable program.

File or folder location:
This file will be found on your program files folder, and then in a winpatrol folder within there.

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, winpatrol.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of winpatrol.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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