RegCure

[Bountyhunter]

I am curious as to your thoughts on/about RegCure program. Is it a worthy program? If so why? If not then why? Or maybe talk about your experiences with this particular program.

 

[Daifne]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/watchdog/is_regcure_legit

So everything’s fine, right? The Dog isn’t sure. A search for user experiences on the Internet reveals some pretty ******-off customers. At Complaintsboard.com, the overwhelming opinion is that RegCure has a tendency to break things rather than fix them, with many people reporting that they had to perform a system restore to get their machines working after using the software. RegCure itself claims to fix corruption problems with registry keys and classes, remove invalid DLL entries, and clear empty registry keys. It also says that it fixes program shortcuts, lets you manage Windows startup items, and backs up the registry for you.

The Dog decided to give RegCure a spin, so he installed it on a clean copy of Windows XP Professional with the newly released Service Pack 3 integrated. The version was newly created in Virtual PC 2007. Could there possibly be problems with a clean install of XP? According to RegCure, yes. The software found 335 problems related to COM/ActiveX entries, application paths, and file/path references, and 199 empty registry keys. Curious to see if another registry repair utility would find as many problems, the Dog reverted to the original install and gave the freeware Crap Cleaner a spin. Although more of a decrufter, Crap Cleaner also features a registry scanner. On the clean install, Crap Cleaner found 12 problems and, of course, offered to fix them for free.

 

[Daifne]

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/regcure-c4155.html

 

[Methical]

Sounds like a piece of s**t; along with most other reg cleaners..

 

[rockhoptec]

I have seen this piece of junk pop up 4 times this week on clients computers that are infected. they claim they did not install this program, but everyone of the machines had this program installed on it.

 

[Methical]

Have you repaired these computers yet ?

Or are you still able to track which infection/s may have installed RegCure ?

 

[rockhoptec]

Have you repaired these computers yet ?

Or are you still able to track which infection/s may have installed RegCure ?

Methical - Repaired the computers without any problems, but have not been able to pinpoint the connection to regcure. also on these machines I have seen ParetoLogic associated with Regcure, which looks like the parent company. The customer's claim they did not install it or run Regcure, somehow it gets installed - shows up on the desktop, MSConfig, program files and in the registry.

I am still looking for how it is associated with the infections or it could be just a strange coincidence - unlikely but just not sure yet.

 

[Methical]

MMMMmmmm... Most cases people don't like to admit that they have fallen for a scam...

Go to a random website; get a flash lookin' popup/ad saying "Your computer has XXXX errors; click here to fix now"

Does anyone know of a good Registry cleaner/fixer/tweaker ( if there are any ); that they would swear their life on ?

 

[Doctor Micro]

Registry Cleaners is somewhat of a misnomer. Every registry is going to have one or more bogus active-x entries, leftovers that point to non-existent files or folders, empty entries, missing icons. 90% of the time, the only effect of these registry entries is to make the registry a bit bloated. The registry is loaded by the OS at start-up, and every entry parsed and parked into memory. If the system has had a lot of programs updated, poorly-written installs, programs uninstalled, you may have quite a few bogus leftover entries and a decent registry cleaner can clear out these entries and sometimes reduce your registry (and memory load) size by as much as 10-15 percent. If you then compact your registry (treat it as a database), you can increase your computer's efficiency by a small percentage. The hype that says you can see dramatic performance boost is pretty much overblown.

The danger of registry cleaners is if you have a corrupt or partially corrupt registry to start with, or if they're too aggressive. Valid entries may be deleted and you end up with a system worse than when you started, or, in extreme cases, a system that won't boot at all anymore. Furthermore, some registry entries put in place by installation programs, though they may point to non-existent folders or file extensions, are simply "markers" or "handlers" that tell the system what to do with say, a .pcx file somewhere down the road, even though you may not have any .pcx files at present.

In my experience, a simple registry clean such as is offered by CCleaner or Glary Utilities is generally safe, but with the caveat that you should always make a system restore point and a registry backup before doing ANY registry changes... whether you are directly editing the registry, or trusting it to a registry cleaner.

Registry cleaners are not, generally, registry repair tools. An important distinction. A registry cleaner will not, for example, tell your system to open a .jpg file with Picasa if it already thinks it's suposed to be opened by Photoshop, or Corel or vice-versa.

Now, on to RegCure. I've seen it. It's crap. Don't waste your money.

 

[Bountyhunter]

Removed RegCure

Before posting this topic I did remove RegCure as I felt it was giving bogus infections/problems. But I do appreciate all the input from each of you. There are so many programs out there that can be helpful as well as so many more that are useless and/or problems. Programs much like RegCure are such lure for unsuspecting home users to give a try thinking that they are legitimate and are going to be the answer to their pc's protection.

 

[MikeLierman]

In my experience, a simple registry clean such as is offered by CCleaner or Glary Utilities is generally safe, but with the caveat that you should always make a system restore point and a registry backup before doing ANY registry changes... whether you are directly editing the registry, or trusting it to a registry cleaner.

I can pretty much swear my life by PC Tools Registry Mechanic, but then again, it does cost, and it's not a low price tag. However, I've found that these two programs, CrapCleaner and Glary, are just as good, and I could swear my life by them anytime. It's just personal preference which one to use.


-Mike

 

[lawson_jl]

Personally I think RegCure should be considered malware since it often comes bundles with other software and gets installed and ran on a PC without the users permission in most cases. It also doesn't do a damn thing like almost all registry cleaners. That being said the only two I haven't seen total F up a PC at some point are CCleaner and Glary Utility.

 

[0gr3]

The only Reg tool I have used to this date and use on ever PC is CCleaner. Fast lightweight portable. It's a free kick arse app.