Get WinPatrol Plus for only $0.99 this Friday (January 29, 2010)!
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Many people know – or have heard – about WinPatrol because WinPatrol is a terrific “supplement” security software that helps round out most everyone’s line of defense against scumware. What makes WinPatrol so popular is not only its usefulness, but also the fact that WinPatrol comes in two flavors: WinPatrol Free and WinPatrol Plus. WinPatrol Free, of course, is free for everyone to use. WinPatrol Plus, on the other hand, is the paid version of WinPatrol which comes with some perks not available in the free edition. If you want to know more about WinPatrol, and the differences between Free and Plus, feel free to read my article on WinPatrol.
Now the point of this article is not to tell everyone about WinPatrol. The point of this article is to inform everyone that for a very limited time span of 24 hours, on January 29, 2010 everyone will have the ability to purchase WinPatrol Plus for only $0.99 (USD)! That is to say, everyone can buy lifetime licenses of WinPatrol Plus for less than one dollar! This less-than-one-dollar license comes with lifetime-ness of the normal $29.99 license. In other words, users, who take advantage of this limited offer,will receive WinPatrol Plus updates for free for life.
This really is a great opportunity to not only give back to a generous developer, but also to grab a copy of an excellent software. Take it from me when I say WinPatrol is awesome; it is one of the first things I install on my new/reformatted computers. I highly recommend anyone, and everyone, to take advantage of this limited time offer.
More details on this promotion will be available when it goes live, but Bill – the developer – says in his blog post that he will release a coupon which must be used to reduce the price to $0.99 and each customer will be limited to one coupon Update: It seems like there won’t be a coupon – the price will be $0.99 via a regular purchase and each customer will be able to buy two; more information here. So be sure to check out WinPatrol.com this Friday (January 29, 2010) to get your very own lifetime license of WinPatrol Plus for only $0.99!
Thanks Ozzie!
Hi Ashraf,
I have paid for the software but I did not receive any download link. What happened?
Their purchase system is poor & if any net connection/power failure occurs during purchase I am not sure what could happen. I got a cookie failure but still was permitted to get the license key(Thanks Billp Studios).
About the product: Genuinly awesome. I used to get a 5 minute+ login period before & winpatrol showed me that simply delaying most autostart application can make boot as fast as new installation.
Great to hear that the one-day WinPatrol PRO offer is going so well. Or, er, perhaps not. . ?
I purchased the .99c upgrade this morning via PayPal. No problems at all. Except:
After paying for it, I was taken to a BillP screen saying:
Name: Reg Code:
Appears to be an Invalid Name or entry
The screen invited me to ‘press Back arrow’ or Email support@winpatrol.com for assistance
So I sent an email to support@winpatrol.com, together with confirmation details from PayPal of the purchase transaction.
I’ve just received this from Mail Delivery Subsystem MAILER-DAEMON@billp.com
billp@aol.com Deferred
Warning: message still undelivered after 5 hours. Will keep trying until message is 5 days old.
So. . . First the website doesn’t recognise a financial transaction it has facilitated via PayPal.
Then: support@winpatrol.com is entirely unreachable.
Why do I get the distinct impression with so many of these “special offers” that those making ‘em consistently fail to estimate the resources they themselves need so as to turn their promises into reality. . . ?
Woof woof, down boy. Definitely, er, down.
:cry:
WinPatrol PLUS Part 2. . .
OK. Might just be a problem with PayPal where my purchase was concerned.
So Mrs R has forked out for a single user licence on her laptop, using her credit card to do so.
After payment, billp didn’t seem to know what it was that had just been acquired:
“Due to lack of cookies we’re not sure which product you purchased”.
Ah. So she re-entered her info, re-nominated the WinPatrolPLUS product, and clicked the button to get the code.
And was taken to the billp page saying, er, um. . .
Name: Reg Code:
Appears to be an Invalid Name or entry
I know this is meant to be a one-day offer, but methinks I/we will now just sit it out until the dust has settled. No point in Mrs R emailing support if she, too, is to find it’s unreachable.
So. . . woof! Woof! again.
WinPatrolPLUS episode 3, scene 27, take 141, interior 39b:
Yay!
Woof! Woof!
Went back into the cache, called up the old order page, refreshed it, hit the get code button and. . .
I Got Da Code.
(Think I’ll have that printed on my next T-Shirt.)
Right. Must go and feed the little doggie immediately. . .
@Al Hall:
I have the same question as Al Hall–Does this offer anything over Anvir TaskManager? More specifically, does the PLUS give more info on each process? In AnVir, it has no info at all on many of the processes, and this is something I would really like. One of the major utilities (I forget which) allowed you to google the process with a r-click. Any input on WinPatrol’s process info while this is still available would be greatly appreciated, as I feel I am getting over-loaded with such programs and need to decide if I should bother with this…..:-)….Thanks!
Janet
I tried the free version a while ago, and I found the product to be totally unimpressive. So, good offer for the people who want to use WinPatrol, but I’ll pass this one :)
@ Janet #31:
Hi Janet:
I really am hesitant about treading on Ashraf’s toes in Ashraf’s blog. He set up dot.tech. And, as far as I’m concerned, he’s The Man. Person. Guru. Whatever.
However. . . As a longtime user of both Anvir and WinPatrol, perhaps I can say the following (and in haste, too, so apologies for any typos, but I’m conscious of the time limit you refer to):
1) Chalk isn’t cheese. WinPatrol isn’t Anvir. And vice versa. The two may appear to perform in similar fashion (and in some respects, they indeed do so) yet crucially, they serve significantly different functions.
2) WinPatrol PLUS does indeed offer considerably more than the already excellent WinPatrol FREE, notably access to a database to re-check just what it is you’re looking at in the way of services, processes, programs etc logged by WinPatrol.
3) Is it worth having WinPatrolPLUS? Most definitely. Even if acquiring it at .99c is a bit of a hurdle to get over — though according to BillP, things are getting easier now.
As to the two programs. They’re authored by two highly respected, highly reputable sources. They happily co-exist on the same computer.
You can set either of ‘em to launch on start up, though candidly, WinPatrolPLUS is going to be better, whereas Anvir Task Manager is not needed (because of WinPatrol) on auto-start, but for user kick-in as and when.
Put it this way: my computers are running Online Armor Premium (working flawlessly), Avast antivirus (and ye Gods, why, why, why did I spend so long, clinging to Avira and its woeful update difficulties?), WinPatrol (now WinPatrolPLUS on start up) and Anvir Task Manager.
All four work seamlessly together. All four provide warnings when necessary / appropriate, and all four provide a wealth of information that no sensible computer user can afford to be without.
I have absolutely no connection with, nor commercial interest in, Online Armor, Avast anti virus, Anvir Task Manager nor WinPatrol.
I do however, on the basis of my user experience, have considerable faith in all of ‘em — a faith which has never yet been let down.
Hope this helps!
(And my apologies to Ashraf for intruding in this fashion.)
@MikeR: Well put; it is not an intrusion at all. I welcome all input from everyone.
@ Ashraf:
Demokracy Rooles KO!!
;-)
@Ashraf:I brought a license too,yippeeee
I would like to ask two questions:
1.Is the 0.99 cents offer license valid till lifetime?
2.Since I am not much of a techie can I get info. on how to use this service,pretty stumped right now
Will anybody reply to my comment no. 25. Please. Thanks.
@Sandeep:
The questions you asked in your comment #25 should be directed at BillP on his website.
He set up the offer. He seems to be “good people” and will have the first hand knowledge to give you the answers you’re looking for.
I hope you get your answers. :-)