This is very useful if you are interested in improving performance and willing to spend a few moments linking from WP to the website to do your due diligence. WP Plus gives access to an online database that tells you what the process is for, how safe it is, and whether you can turn it off. Not a critical warning perhaps, but AnVir doesn’t seem to notice. However, WP first alerts when a program has been deleted or removed, and WP tells me when AVG, the current anti-virus program I’m running, downloads updates. I don’t know how critical the timing is for alerts, but there is clearly a longer delay for WP. When it comes to alerts for program changes, AnVir nearly always notifies me first – often, if I check “no” when it asks if I want to allow the process, WP never even opens. Both give me peace of mind knowing that I get alerted to program changes and thus any malware changes are brought to my attention and for that alone I would pay for either one. I have been running both programs on XP and Windows 7.
#ANVIR TASK MANAGER PRO RUN AS SERVICE LICENSE#
I have to state up front that my bias is toward WP and BillP, even though I like the overall functions of AnVir as much or better single individual developer, niche product that fills a real (as opposed to fanciful or empty) need, lifetime license with free updates, may be installed on multiple personal computers, no adware (see post #12), very strong developer support, and so on. They are very different in what they do, but for protection from malware, they offer similar performance.
#ANVIR TASK MANAGER PRO RUN AS SERVICE PRO#
Having spent several weeks running AnVir Task Manager Pro and WinPatrol Plus side by side, here are some of my thoughts about how they compare in the areas where they share similar functions.