Startup Software Needed

I'm looking to replace my Startup Defender software. Its paid software but the company is now defunct and I'm looking to find an equivalent software for my computers (Win 7, Home Premium, 64 Bit, plenty of RAM & hard drive space; one laptop, one desktop machine).

What I'm needing is software that will monitor, in real time, any application that tries to install itself on my computer, whether as a program or a registry entry. When it detects such software I want an alert to popup letting me know and having me either give permission to allow it, or telling the computer block / delete it.

Ideally, it will also have an autoblock feature that will enable an automatic block if the software tries to install itself on repeated attempts. And finally, this software would also have an internet search capability so I could search for info on software that wants to run at startup that is unfamiliar to me.

I'd love it to be freeware, but I'm willing to pay for software that can do this. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated. Thank you in advance,

BearPup

 

I think this "may" cover what you seek (?) http://www.majorgeeks.com/WinPatrol_d3380.html - though I'm not too sure about "internet search capability"..?

http://www.winpatrol.com/

Best,
g...

 

@grc123: Thank you for your post. I've tried WinPatrol in the past but was always overwhelmed by everything else it does. I may try it again and disable all its other functions.

Ideally, I'd love to find a small, single purpose program to do this task, especially the information gathering function. But again, thanks for responding, and I'll give serious consideration to giving WinPatrol another try.