Clean your Registry

[Wedo]

I've read a few posts from Folder's concerned about Spyware and such. Most techies I talk to know about, and use, AdAware (download here) for Spyware.

Another thing you might want is RegClean by M$. I use both of these programs on all of our workstations once a week and RegClean after each install and uninstall. Get RegClean here.

The cleaner your computer, the quicker you fold. If anyone has any other nifty freebie's that offer some type of system baptism, post on.

Wedo

 

[Ebola]

also make sure to get the refupdater from lavasoft so you can update adaware.

 

[Gandalf]

also make sure to get the refupdater from lavasoft so you can update adaware.

THANK YOU!!

I knew there was some way too update it, but I just never looked!

This is great, I just updated mine, and I had 23 new SpyWare thingys!!

DAMN GATOR!!

I also found that a twisted humor add placed something on my comp that was always trying to access the net to install something.......glad I have ZoneAlarm!

 

[Tweaked!]

Good postWtg Wedo
*Bump*

 

[Ploaf]

Thanks Wedo. I had 2. Not sure what they were from but I think it was from, well I don't know but it's gone. Virus, errr spyware, free once again.

 

[Wedo]

That's right, I forgot about the update. Good call. The most spyware I have found on any of our office 'puters at one time was 270+ !!!!!! Shipping, those guys surf like freaks.

Cheers,

Wedo

 

[NASsoccer]

woot! got rid of 5 little thingys... funny how two of them had something to do with microsoft

 

[portorock]

I'm glad I picked it up, had like 12 things on my comp, needless to say, they are gone. Thnx

 

[Ploaf]

I just cleaned another half dozen things out of my registry after not installing anything. I think it was MS stuff too.

Just installed some irreputable software that is advertised as spyware free because it's open source irreputable software, but it installed some spyware, at my request, call Usave or something. I don't think it's the same sort of malicious spyware that we see with some things, but it's gone now. Just wanted it to install the full functionality of said software which it did. I don't know about that Chili Pepper icon it installed either, but I like the software even if it is java based.

 

[Tweaked!]

I did a complete format and reinstall from scratch on my Celery500 like two weeks ago, maybe three, and ran adaware tonight and still found 21 of those little critters. Whats a guy gotta do? This is the kids puter, so I know it's all over the web. Thank god they're not into porn (be nice to figure out how to make that automatic and run in task scheduler, but then again I'd have to task scheduler back on

 

[craigiz1]

Tweaked,
You can set it to run everytime Windows starts or shuts down. It's in the configuration button. (I think) It's very easy to do.

 

[Starfire_MK2]

Does that regcleaner work under WinXP?

 

[Gator]

DAMN GATOR!!

Uh, as far as I know, I haven't eaten any wizzards lately... why the "DAMN GATOR!!"??

 

[Wedo]

Does that regcleaner work under WinXP?

I use RegClean on all of our W2Kpro machines, and when we had them, a Win98. I did put the RegClean on my friends XP home and it worked without a hitch. The program just cleans unused reg entries which will slow your comp' down on start up, or when ever it has to access that portion of memory. It is also a quick fix for the warning messages that occur when logging into a network if one roaming profile has a reg key referring to another machine or program.

Wedo

 

[Loud]

There's also RegHance from LavaSoftUSA. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to. It hooks into AdAware somehow and allows greater control over the cleanup process.

Oh yeah - one other thing. RefUpdate only looks for a more current signature file (sort of like DAT files for virus scan). It will NOT detect a newer version of AdAware itself.