Saturday, 11 October 2008 WinPatrol uses a heuristic approach to detecting attacks
and violations of your computing environment. Unlike traditional security
programs, WinPatrol doesn't scan your hard drive searching for previously
identified threats. Instead a snapshot is taken of your critical system
resources and WinPatrol alerts you to any changes that occur without your
knowledge. You'll be warned and removing the threat immediately while others
wait to download new reference files.