regestry mechanic

1337dingo

1337dingo

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Hey I downloaded adobe shockwave and now I have this thing on my computer called registry mechanic unsure if this is a virus or not but Mcafee is not picking it up.. Anyone seen this before?
 
1337dingo said:
Hey I downloaded adobe shockwave and now I have this thing on my computer called registry mechanic unsure if this is a virus or not but Mcafee is not picking it up.. Anyone seen this before?
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Its from Pctools
http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

It's not a virus, its a program to adjust your services for you if you don't know what your doing it also cleans and monitors the registry for you. I wouldnt recommend using it, but some people have good things to say about it speeding up boot times.
 
From what I've seen its really better that you dont use a "fix-it-all" registry cleaner. There are loads of programs like this that advertise "IT can clean the registry and make things faster!". What they don't tell you is that if it cleans wrong, you may have to reinstall the OS. If the registry needs to be cleaned, or repaired its usually because there are a few items which shouldnt be there as with malware, uninstalled program leftovers which are interfering with other programs, unwanted items, etc...

There are ways of scanning the registry and fixing what needs to be fixed, but to do it right takes a skilled, knowledgeable individual. I'd uninstall the program; or if you paid for it and just want to keep it, then just leave it alone.
 
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I agree with that. I played with maybe 10 yrs ago.
Registry Mechanic cleaned just a little too much.
It will and can shut ya down or at least has been my experience. PC Tools also tried and did not like either.
I just use the free and safe. CCleaner and regseeker for
orphans in the reg. used for years without issue. and malaware byte.
 
All I'm saying is that it's not advised to run any registry cleaner except for Ccleaner. And as Gamblingman as said, most of the time, manual cleaning of the registry is needed.
 
1337dingo said:
yea i hadnt run it because i didnt know 100% if was safe or not so i just uninstalled it
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Lucky for you, I've been trying to uninstall registry mechanic for days after I knew that it's a little too "aggressive". But every time I always get the following error:
C:\ProgramFiles\Registrymechanic\unins000.msg is missing. Please correct the problem or obtain a new copy of the program

Today I tried using easy uninstaller, still didn't work.
 
brclarke said:
Lucky for you, I've been trying to uninstall registry mechanic for days after I knew that it's a little too "aggressive". But every time I always get the following error:
C:\ProgramFiles\Registrymechanic\unins000.msg is missing. Please correct the problem or obtain a new copy of the program

Today I tried using easy uninstaller, still didn't work.
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brclarke, if you are still having this issue and want input then please post your question/issue/problem in a new thread in the appropriate area of the forum.
 
gamblingman said:
brclarke, if you are still having this issue and want input then please post your question/issue/problem in a new thread in the appropriate area of the forum.
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I used Revo Uninstaller and it's fixed, I wasn't sure what went wrong but I don't have that problem anymore, thanks.
 
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