Registry Booster from AVG and Uniblue?

[faolteam]

hi i got it of a chap in yahoo computers lobby3

he had the serial number

[Currie]

That’s a great recommendation Faolteam. You don’t seem to know the name of the program, or who makes it, or where it came from, but you got the crack code or product key, or whatever, from someone on an internet chat room and it makes your computer go faster. My recommendation would be not to use it and that's my final word on the matter.

All the best and best of luck,
Alan

[faolteam]

Dear Alan,

If you scroll up i said i was using Malaware Bytes,
i was using Malaware Bytes,

the chap who i know said
i can download a full version of malaware bytes and use it as anti virus

and he did and gave me the serial number to use,

and its fantastic, so relax everything is cool.

[ninatoo]

Currie, Malware bytes is an ANTI-malware program.

Faolteam, you called the program Malware Pro, not Malwarebytes in your first post, and that is why Currie was confused.

My IT expert from work, who formats and distributes our lap tops, installs Malwarebytes, Spybot Search and Destroy and Avira antivirus protection. Malwarebytes is excellent for picking up things that the other two miss. Our IT person says you CANNOT rely on only one form of protection.

Malwarebytes is free and can be found here:

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-A ... 04572.html

Avira and Spybot search and Destroy are also free, you can search for them on Google.

[Currie]

Thanks Nina,

You’re absolutely spot-on with your explanation. I’ve been using the free versions of Malwarebytes, Avast http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/avast_ ... avast.html and Spyware Terminator http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/spywar ... nator.html

And Faolteam, that’s why it’s important to be accurate in the description of any computer program, because there are so many with similar names and quite a few malicious ones deliberately given names similar to genuine ones simply to fool people. The internet is a dangerous place and a bit of careless wandering with an inadequately protected Windows computer can result in considerable financial loss.

Malwarebytes has a very simple free program called StartUpLite that can detect programs that start unnecessarily and which can slow down computer startup. Perhaps it was the use of that which is causing your computer to start faster. I haven’t used it as I’ve become accustomed to doing that sort of stuff manually by running msconfig as described earlier in this thread.

Someone using either method for the very first time could be in for a bit of a surprise as to how much unnecessary stuff is there. With StartUpLite read the description against each item and if you think there’s a special reason why you need it, and expect that to be a rarity, tick the No Action box. It’s available here http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/startu ... plite.html

Everything’s cool, and all the best,
Alan

[faolteam]

Im Using a Pro Version Malwarebytes is the best of all and uses the least amount of resources

The only thing is windows does not reconize it as a antivirus by the way Malwarebytes is an Antivirus,

Remember alware is virus

if ur malwarebytes is running full time u do not then need a antivirus

Also I use Spybot, CC cleaner, Sygate Firewall Pro its awesome, and that’s it failing that just get a Apple Mac .

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[Beckenham1]

Here's the best advice your ever going to get; albeit late.

If someone tells you to use a Registry Booster dont.

Also there's nothing wrong with the firewall that comes with Window. It works perfectly well.

There's no reason to pay for anti virus software software either. Avast!, Avira and AVG are perfectly adequate. Just don't run more than one. The virus threat is overated. Prevention is better than cure. Don't open e-Mails from strange sources. Don't Load bootleg software from unknown sources. Dont load clever programmes like Registry Boosters. Even the very good CCleaner is superflous; Windows does an adequate job of looking after you PC already; and that included defragging. Defragging was something important years ago before Windows 95. Computers are bigger and better now; there are other reasons why your PC is creaking (see below) or you've been loading up and deleting programmes more times than's good for you. Intervening in a highly sensitive place like the registry is not to be recomended. The chances are very good that if you dont understand the advice the booster is giving you then dont do it...

Load up Ad-Aware free version to sort out malicious software. Remenber your best defence is to to regularly update windows, Ad-aware and Avast! and run them at least every month. Ad-Aware weekly. I use Avast because it's operational from boot up.

If your PC is slow. Add to your RAM. Empty your Hard Drive of junk you dont use. Install the largest RAM drive you can. Dont use the desktop folder to hold files other than shortcuts. Get rid of shortcuts on the desktop you dont use. Upgrade your PC when necessary to keep up with the software/bloatware your using. Realize the PC might be out of date. Prior to loading up any freeware software check it out on the web first. If it's not on Wikipedia then that's not a good sign. Then load it up from a reputable source.

Best regards
Jim

[Currie]

Hello Jim,

I think the main problem with the Windows firewall was in the XP version. It blocked stuff coming in, but didn’t block anything going out. This meant that any software program on your machine could phone home with whatever information happened to turn it on. Since Vista the Windows firewall has also worked with outgoing stuff and does an adequate job for most people.

Defragging possibly may not matter so much if you have a huge hard drive that is only 10% full. But if your system drive or partition is more than half full or if you have an older computer you’ll probably find that an occasional defrag will make it snappier or even resurrect it when it appears to be at deaths door. At least that’s how it’s been for me.

What I’ve noticed about Defrag is how uninteresting it has become. In Windows 98 the graphical representation was more interesting to watch than some television shows. In windows XP it was nowhere near as good. In Windows 7 it’s a complete nothing, not even as good as watching paint dry.

All the best,
Alan

[Beckenham1]

Good points, Alan.
As you say defragging is not what it was. Of course NT technology was supposed to eradicate the need for it; alas it hasn't.

No doubt you agree in the importance of keeping back ups of everything on a regular basis.
Hard Drives have not changed in history, If it's 75% full. OUCH. You need to get an external Drive and lighten the load. Hard drive memory is cheap as chips now and you can even play music directly off USB sticks, though I don't recommend it.

At around 85% full, any attempt at defragging the disk is doomed - it will take forever without much result. Fragmentation is a very small issue with modern drives and modern systems, and is seldom worth bothering about.

Nevertheless Microsoft spend fantastic resources on protecting their products, and the greatest danger is still ourselves. We still overload our PC's with junk (stuff we don't use) and intoduce it to dangerous web sites, software and EMails.

As for registry boosters! No matter what dead ends there might be there, the PC reads it in milliseconds. So no problem. Quite literally if that's the problem then you need to rebuild. Thats when your backups come to the rescue.

My worst virus in the last few years was a glass of red wine. Sadly no defence against that. I pour it into Whisky glasses with heavy bottoms now. Much safer.

Best regards, Jim

[Andy]

A website I use VERY frequently is majorgeeks.com. I'm always being asked to speed up peoples machines. The best free package I've found is Advanced System Care that is based upon loads of excellent AusLogics utilities. It's about 20 times faster than any other individual applications I've tried (except AusLogics own) and can speed up your PC without forking out for it.

Majorgeeks is an excellent site but resist the temptation to download and install all the goodies they provide.

I've just gone Solid State on my laptop Hard-Drive. 90Gb drive with, basically, just the operating system. A double Raid Array Caddie with two 90Gb drives for programs and a 250Gb normal USB drive for storing stuff.

My laptop now boots in about 5 seconds, programs open nearly instantly and data takes as long as it takes to load into the programs. But my laptop battery, even with two extra USB devices lasts nearly DOUBLE the time.

If LINUX had as good programs available for Genealogy, Graphics, Music and Video Editing I'd get rid of Windows and gain even more time out of my laptop batteries.

By the way, Majorgeeks has excelent tools to get rid of Norton Antivirus (it takes over your whole system) and others of the same ilk. AVAST is now better than AVG which has become more commercialized.