Re: Registry cleaner and spyware?


"Gordon" <gordonlr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:avceq39i8ptpdmh1hl4rtthvrq1l0gi6ck@xxxxxxxxxx
I've got to make some decisions and install appropriate spyware
and perhaps a registry cleaner on my new computer. I used McAfee
on the old computer but I am not sure this is the best choice.
I've never used a registry cleaner, but my new computer's
motherboard setup installed UniblueTrial Version on this
computer. I've used it to scan for errors, but the trial version
won't do make any registry changes. I'm hoping someone can give
me some good advise on these questions.

Gordon

I never understood the need for a registry cleaner. By the time the registry gets so screwed that you need to clean it, you've probably upgraded the system hardware far enough to require a clean install of the OS anyway.

Use avast! antivirus, ad-aware SE and spybot search and destroy. Also visit www.sysinfo.org and use msconfig to disable all startup items that aren't absolutely necessary. This should be almost all of them, btw. -Dave

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