WinPatrol is a different animal - but it plays well with everything *I* have...anti-vir, firewall, etc...

WinPatrol's primary job is to notify you of attempts to change something...like install software you didn't order, or an update...or, as I said, an attempt to set 'defaults' you weren't aware of. It is not an IDENTIFIER of malware..it just tells you when some function is being changed...it does more IF you ask it to...like the cookies.