CCLeaner

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope you
understand what I'm trying to say.

Jeff T wrote:
Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope you
understand what I'm trying to say.

"Good registry cleaner" may a bit of an oxymoron, as they can sometimes
remove some obscure registry settings that you may later find out were
necessary for some programs or windows services to run properly. Other than
that, CCleaner is a pretty well known program, and can be useful, so long as
you are prudent in its use.

I don't believe CCleaner is designed to remove spyware, however - there are
some other programs that are specifically designed for that purpose (e.g:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, etc).

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:19:52 -0500, Jeff T
wrote:

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope you
understand what I'm trying to say.



CCleaner is a generally good program for cleaning the computer.
However you should *never* use its registry cleaning functionality.


Although CCleaner's registry cleaner is somewhat safer than most,
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.howtogeek.com/171633/why-...r-fix-crashes/
and also
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussino...t-of-life.aspx

You also might want to read the section on the CCleaner Registry
Cleaner he
http://www.howtogeek.com/113382/how-...9-tips-tricks/

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.

Also note that CCleaner is not an anti-malware program, and does *not*
protect you against spyware and viruses.

On 29 Oct 2015, Jeff T wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I
hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

CCleaner's main use is to find and delete unnecessary and unwanted
files on your computer, such as temporary files, old browser cache
files, browser cookies, etc. It's excellent for that, and I use it
often.

Its "Registry cleaning" feature is mild, but you should still use it
with caution or not at all, unless you are very familiar with what it
proposes to do and are prepared to recover your computer if something
goes wrong. Registry "cleaning" is nearly always unnecessary and is
unlikely to improve your computer's performance. I say, skip the
"cleaning" feature, but use the file elimination features with
confidence.

Nil wrote:
On 29 Oct 2015, Jeff T wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I
hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

CCleaner's main use is to find and delete unnecessary and unwanted
files on your computer, such as temporary files, old browser cache
files, browser cookies, etc. It's excellent for that, and I use it
often.

Its "Registry cleaning" feature is mild, but you should still use it
with caution or not at all, unless you are very familiar with what it
proposes to do and are prepared to recover your computer if something
goes wrong. Registry "cleaning" is nearly always unnecessary and is
unlikely to improve your computer's performance. I say, skip the
"cleaning" feature, but use the file elimination features with
confidence.

+1
I'd go one step further, and say if you're not comfortable with using
regedit to selectively modify some specific registry entries for a very
specific purpose, you probably shouldn't be using a registry cleaner in the
first place. (The point being, if you are at least familiar with the use of
regedit, you probably are acutely aware of some of the perils that lie
within its use (or misuse). :-)

Jeff T wrote:
Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope you understand what
I'm trying to say.

CCleaner is more of a junk cleaner, like for old tmp files and such.
The registry cleaner is rudimentary in that it will remove orphaned dos endings
and such but not much more. It has nothing to do with mal/spies/viruses.
Malwarebytes for malware.
Adaware/adcleaner for spies.
Your fav virus cleaner for viruses. Kaspersky Rescue Disk works good.

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:19:52 -0500, Jeff T wrote:

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope you
understand what I'm trying to say.

Just download and use Bleachbit. I use it on Linux and windows. Gets
rid of all the trash.

"sctvguy1" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:19:52 -0500, Jeff T wrote:

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope you
understand what I'm trying to say.

Just download and use Bleachbit. I use it on Linux and windows. Gets
rid of all the trash.

Look before letting Bleachbit delete all it finds.
I had a problem with it deleting something I needed, so I don't use it
anymore.
Can't remember exactly what it was, but be careful.
--
Buffalo

On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:46:45 -0700, Buffalo wrote:

"sctvguy1" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:19:52 -0500, Jeff T wrote:

Is Ccleaner a good reg.cleaner is it bad on spyware, viruses I hope
you understand what I'm trying to say.

Just download and use Bleachbit. I use it on Linux and windows. Gets
rid of all the trash.

Look before letting Bleachbit delete all it finds.
I had a problem with it deleting something I needed, so I don't use it
anymore.
Can't remember exactly what it was, but be careful.

You have to be careful running in Administrator mode, with any
"cleaner". Bleachbit actually asks for your password before making any
changes.