I Update and Check Daily

After Getting burned more than a few times from Viruses and Spyware, I
now update MS Windows, Use Spybot search and destroy, AVG AntiVirus
software, RegScrubXP To clean registry, Pc Doctor to check for errors
and lastly Registry First Aid. I update and Run These Every Single day.
This might seem over kill but most of the time one picks up an error
that the others Don't.
Very RARELY Do I get Pop ups and spyware.

S
Sat Aug 06 23:15:04 CDT 2005

It would be interesting what spyware gets through to your system as you're
doing this routine...

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<SamuelF566@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123351110.254875.129860@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> After Getting burned more than a few times from Viruses and Spyware, I
> now update MS Windows, Use Spybot search and destroy, AVG AntiVirus
> software, RegScrubXP To clean registry, Pc Doctor to check for errors
> and lastly Registry First Aid. I update and Run These Every Single day.
> This might seem over kill but most of the time one picks up an error
> that the others Don't.
> Very RARELY Do I get Pop ups and spyware.
>

Lanwench
Sun Aug 07 09:32:30 CDT 2005



In news:1123351110.254875.129860@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
SamuelF566@gmail.com <SamuelF566@gmail.com> typed:
> After Getting burned more than a few times from Viruses and Spyware, I
> now update MS Windows, Use Spybot search and destroy, AVG AntiVirus
> software, RegScrubXP To clean registry, Pc Doctor to check for errors
> and lastly Registry First Aid. I update and Run These Every Single
> day. This might seem over kill but most of the time one picks up an
> error that the others Don't.
> Very RARELY Do I get Pop ups and spyware.

Yes, it does seem like overkill. Avoid registry cleaners at all cost.

Shenan
Sun Aug 07 14:22:46 CDT 2005

SamuelF566@gmail.com wrote:
> After Getting burned more than a few times from Viruses and Spyware, I
> now update MS Windows, Use Spybot search and destroy, AVG AntiVirus
> software, RegScrubXP To clean registry, Pc Doctor to check for errors
> and lastly Registry First Aid. I update and Run These Every Single
> day. This might seem over kill but most of the time one picks up an
> error that the others Don't.
> Very RARELY Do I get Pop ups and spyware.

*sigh* Another one who uses a registry cleaner.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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SamuelF566
Wed Aug 24 02:13:36 CDT 2005

actually I've never had any trouble with any registry cleaner. In fact
it has speeded up my computer if anything. I just let the program do a
safe clean and make sure you yourself don't start deleting stuff you
might need...

Lanwench
Wed Aug 24 08:52:46 CDT 2005


<SamuelF566@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> actually I've never had any trouble with any registry cleaner. In fact
> it has speeded up my computer if anything. I just let the program do a
> safe clean and make sure you yourself don't start deleting stuff you
> might need...
>

You've been lucky. You do not need a registry cleaner; if you do end up with
shards of old software in the registry, no big deal to leave them there. You
can do far more harm than good with one of these things. If you want to
clean out your registry, do it manually if you know *exactly* what you're
doing - and if it's really necessary, and only after making a full backup.

You are running the risk of turning your PC into a boat anchor otherwise.