How safe is RegCure Pro?

Anonymous
2013-03-13T14:49:26+00:00

Should I allow RegCure PRO from Pareto Logic make changes on my pc?

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Anonymous
2013-03-14T00:35:23+00:00

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:49:26 +0000, richray-hotmail.com wrote:

Should I allow RegCure PRO from Pareto Logic make changes on my pc?

No! You should dump it immediately. Don't run it and don't let it do
anything.

Registry cleaning programs are all snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html
and http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
and also
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx

Let me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against the
use of registry cleaners has ever said that they always cause
problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from
the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry
cleaner and never had a problem with it.

Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it
the substantial risk of having a problem. And since there is no
benefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very bad
bargain.

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Anonymous
2013-03-13T17:28:09+00:00

As with all these 'SpeedUpMyPc' type of programs as safe as holding a rattle snake by its tail

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-03T15:50:18+00:00

    What should I use to clean up my pc? I have had it for 4 years and it has been great, just bean running a little slower than it used to. I deleted old programs and search for their remains and get rid of them and it did speed up the computer some. Also I changed the boot up programs and that made a difference as well. But what should I use to go through and clean up mal-ware, trojans, and other stuff? I tried using anti-virus programs that you pay for and they run clean. Please advise.

    As far a mal-ware goes I have found the free programme  " Malwarebytes" to be very effective. It managed to find four files associated with the dreaded Regcure even after I had uninstalled it. Would highly recommend it.

    Link:

    http://www.malwarebytes.org/

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-03T15:27:19+00:00

    What should I use to clean up my pc? I have had it for 4 years and it has been great, just bean running a little slower than it used to. I deleted old programs and search for their remains and get rid of them and it did speed up the computer some. Also I changed the boot up programs and that made a difference as well. But what should I use to go through and clean up mal-ware, trojans, and other stuff? I tried using anti-virus programs that you pay for and they run clean. Please advise.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-26T13:31:13+00:00

    Guess I got lucky. As soon as heard about this I Unstalled Regcure, though it appears that I've lost the money I paid them. Oh well, I'm moving on now, chalking up my naivete to experience. Sammy said it right-- research, research,... before we buy. That's the real thread.

    I had exactly the same experience, took hours to completely uninstall RegCare, lost the money.. put it down to experience.

    Then it took a couple of Emails to cancel the six monthly "recurring" payment, which was automatically set up.

    Finnaly to add insult to injury I have just received a Survey from them asking for feedback. Well I sure gave them some feedback.

    I tried to submit a refund request but just get a message that their site is under "Maintenance" and to try again later.  No surprise there then !

    Update 3/3/2014

    Just had confirmation of a full refund.  RESULT!

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