Using "Rogue" programs ?

[carlcampbell]

What do you think?

Amoung a good number of "security software" purchases (some online), I bought some "Rogues" in the mix. Of course, I did not know they were bum at the time (naive). You know it is funny, "Registry Smart", "Spyware Detector" & "Max Secure Registry Cleaner" nearly ALWAYS come up as "malicious" on the many scanners. The funny thing is these are the 3 programs a have been using for the majority of the time over the past 1-1/2 years. My computer has been running nicely the whole time. They do not use much memory or slow down the machine. What is the downside when using this bad stuff?

ps..I just read a Microsoft bulletin on this site stating "Registry cleaners not recommended"

Carl C / CA