Fixed: RegClean is a malware.

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0987lolz

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RegClean is NOT a malware. Safer Networking needs to say a BIG :oops: And. Nothing SpyBot says about it is true! Its Cleaning the Registry from BAD Keys. NOT GOOD Keys. And if you buy 1 Licence you can use it at all computers you want! we have it on like... 6 Computers! It was a real :present: that it recognize it as an MALWARE! Its NOT a MALWARE. Its an LEGAL CREATED REGISTRY CLEANER!!!!
 
tashi said:
Also a word of caution regarding the use of any registry cleaner: Registry Cleaners, not recommended
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People who need to read that won't. Ie, the people too fool hardy to know what registry cleaner do and can do and just blindly click "next" assuming the software knows what is best for you.

Unlike earlier Operating Systems, the registry bloat and issues associated with dead entries does not occur with the XP or Vista kernels. Windows is a closed source system, developers of registry cleaners are not working on definitive information, but rather empirical knowledge. Automatic cleaners will usually have to do some guesswork.
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I've seen any number of third-party PC advisers and experts disagree and emphatically state that registry bloat and dead entries slow down at least Windows XP.

The funny thing is, Spybot itself includes a register cleaner, not the best one (seriously, why does all the specific data only show up if you copy and paste?), but it does have one. I think it would be less disingenuous to tell people that registry cleaning is for advanced users only and are not like virus or spyware scanners.
 
Hello,
Cartigan said:
People who need to read that won't. Ie, the people too fool hardy to know what registry cleaner do and can do and just blindly click "next" assuming the software knows what is best for you.
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We can but try. ;)

Cartigan said:
I've seen any number of third-party PC advisers and experts disagree and emphatically state that registry bloat and dead entries slow down at least Windows XP.
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Some might disagree with this sentence yes:
Unlike earlier Operating Systems, the registry bloat and issues associated with dead entries does not occur with the XP or Vista kernels.
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The community is vast and of course opinions vary, but posting one side isn't enough, so to that end I have edited the sticky.

Thank you. :)
 
I'm fine with regcleaner for 5 years now....

Hello everybody,

i've been working with regcleaner (By Juoni Vuorio) on my old win98 and on my current XP and actually still like it, because it's small, fast and easy to handle. It gave me first insight into deeper understanding my OS, and cleaning my autostart in less than 30 secs is still unbeatable. Various crashes i had, were due to "smart" actions of mine - using regcleaner had never done any damage.

So actually from my experience i see no reason to pick it up with spybot (which happened today, why not 2 years ago?). To me it has some taste of actually discriminating a smart, working tool.
 
spybird:

spybird said:
... regcleaner (By Juoni Vuorio) ... So actually from my experience i see no reason to pick it up with spybot (which happened today, why not 2 years ago?). To me it has some taste of actually discriminating a smart, working tool.
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It's not discrimination, it's a mistake (false positive).

See this post from four (4) days ago:

MisterW said:
Hello,
If you are talking about RegCleaner by Jouni Vuorio: It is a false positive and will be fixed with our next update schedules for Wednesday.

Best regards,
Markus
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Let's not forget that REGCLEAN.exe is tm Microsoft
December 30, 1997
Send feedback to regclean@microsoft.com

as with spybot there have been many look alike programs to infringe upon genuine ms regclean
and with the other program mentioned in this thread
 
Found this in my first, is it safe to delete

md usa spybot fan said:
spybird:


It's not discrimination, it's a mistake (false positive).

See this post from four (4) days ago:
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This was in SpyBot after my first run and I need to know if it save to
let SpyBot get rid of it

Microsoft Windows. Security.Internet Explorer (SBI$366713D4) settings
HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\MAIN\FEATURE CONTROL\
FEATURE_LOCAL MACHINE_LOCKDOWN\iexplor

Thank you
 
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