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Hackers hid malware in CCleaner software
Per Ken Blake:
removing a few hundred (at most) won't give you an increase in performance. Registry cleaners can accidentally remove important registry values, however, so there’s risk with little reward." To me, the ultimate registry cleaner is having an image of a known "Good" system, keeping a log of changes, and re-imaging from the "Good" image/applying changes if/when the situation warrants. Implicit in that, of course, is the discipline of not keeping Data on the System partition... -- Pete Cresswell |
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Hackers hid malware in CCleaner software
On 20-Oct-17 3:31 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Ken Blake: removing a few hundred (at most) won't give you an increase in performance. Registry cleaners can accidentally remove important registry values, however, so there’s risk with little reward." To me, the ultimate registry cleaner is having an image of a known "Good" system, keeping a log of changes, and re-imaging from the "Good" image/applying changes if/when the situation warrants. Implicit in that, of course, is the discipline of not keeping Data on the System partition... "PC MightyMax 2016 is an award winning Registry Cleaner and error repair tool trusted by over 8,000,000 users worldwide. PC MightyMax 2016 is the safest and most advanced registry cleaner available, and will thoroughly scan your computer for problems in about four minutes. PC MightyMax 2016 can then create a system restore point and repair all of the problems found." http://www.pcmightymax.net/ I tried it back in 2004. I have a deep suspicion that it was/is a scam. -- David B. |
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Hackers hid malware in CCleaner software
In message , David_B
writes: On 20-Oct-17 3:31 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per Ken Blake: removing a few hundred (at most) won't give you an increase in performance. Registry cleaners can accidentally remove important registry values, however, so there’s risk with little reward." To me, the ultimate registry cleaner is having an image of a known "Good" system, keeping a log of changes, and re-imaging from the "Good" image/applying changes if/when the situation warrants. To be fully comprehensive, that log would have to include not only software installations, but also updates - and probably even just settings changes. Thus the maintenance of such a log becomes more or less a full-time job. Implicit in that, of course, is the discipline of not keeping Data on the System partition... Now on that, we do agree! "PC MightyMax 2016 is an award winning Registry Cleaner and error repair tool trusted by over 8,000,000 users worldwide. PC MightyMax 2016 is the safest and most advanced registry cleaner available, and will thoroughly scan your computer for problems in about four minutes. PC MightyMax 2016 can then create a system restore point and repair all of the problems found." http://www.pcmightymax.net/ I tried it back in 2004. I have a deep suspicion that it was/is a scam. Pretty much, by the sound of it: I suspect from the amount of puff that it's a paid-for product, as well. Of course, they won't have heard from any of their "over 8,000,000 users" who have broken their system to the point that it won't boot to use the restore points it has made. (Unless they have Paul's notes on how to, but then they wouldn't be daft enough to fall for it.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf This was before we knew that a laboratory rat, if experimented upon, will develop cancer. [Quoted by] Anne ), 1997-1-29 |
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Hackers hid malware in CCleaner software
On 20-Oct-17 8:15 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , David_B writes: On 20-Oct-17 3:31 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per Ken Blake: removing a few hundred (at most) won't give you an increase in performance. Registry cleaners can accidentally remove important registry values, however, so there’s risk with little reward." Â*To me, the ultimate registry cleaner is having an image of a known "Good" system, keeping a log of changes, and re-imaging from the "Good" image/applying changes if/when the situation warrants. To be fully comprehensive, that log would have to include not only software installations, but also updates - and probably even just settings changes. Thus the maintenance of such a log becomes more or less a full-time job. Â*Implicit in that, of course, is the discipline of not keeping Data on the System partition... Now on that, we do agree! "PC MightyMax 2016 is an award winning Registry Cleaner and error repair tool trusted by over 8,000,000 users worldwide. PC MightyMax 2016 is the safest and most advanced registry cleaner available, and will thoroughly scan your computer for problems in about four minutes. PC MightyMax 2016 can then create a system restore point and repair all of the problems found." http://www.pcmightymax.net/ I tried it back in 2004. I have a deep suspicion that it was/is a scam. Pretty much, by the sound of it: I suspect from the amount of puff that it's a paid-for product, as well. IIRC, it was quite expensive. Currently $49.95 https://pcmightymax.net/order_new/order/2k9.php Of course, they won't have heard from any of their "over 8,000,000 users" who have broken their system to the point that it won't boot to use the restore points it has made. (Unless they have Paul's notes on how to, but then they wouldn't be daft enough to fall for it.) I scraped my computer and bought another one! -- David B. |
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