Nesbro Posted June 26, 2011 ID:445834 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hello, my friend downloaded a program called RegCure after being recommended to it on Yahoo Answers for a repeated problem she had, and I have reason to believe it is a rogue, because she said it detected a lot of errors. I looked up the site on WOT, and learned it was a scam, and then got her to download MBAM and quick scan, but nothing came up. Is this a real threat, or a simple broken down piece of software? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted June 26, 2011 ID:445845 Share Posted June 26, 2011 do a little recon ...http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/regcure-c4155.htmlgoogle "regclean scam" , "regclean complaints" and similar phrases .go to legitimate sites that deal with comp stuff and have been for some time .a yahoo answer group ? i don't think so ...and yes , there are scamware versions of registry cleaner type programs out there .do the/more foot-work (that's why you are asking here i suppose) , educate yourself and then make an informed decision/choice .a warning about any registry modifying program ...there is always the potential to damage or remove something that is needed , be cautious about what you do and use .i do not suggest messin' with the registry for the uninitiated and/or faint of heart and will not debate the need/non-need for such programs ...disclaimer : mind you , take heed of the prior warning i stated , if you have any doubts , do not read further .from my own personal experience over many years and this is also my personal view/statement and not an endorsement in any way of a particular product ...i have found two programs that actually did/do help out in this department and to date have not crashed a comp utilizing them :ccleanerlittle registry cleanerboth of these are *absolutely free* and full functioning ... no BS .ccleaner is a combination program , it can get rid of junk files and other assorted stuff as well as perform registry cleanup . it is available from piriform .little registry clean is a "straight guts" registry cleaner ... it actually will find entries that ccleaner does not find . it is available from sourceforge.net .beware during searches for these products ... there are sound/look-alikes that nefarious scammers and purveyors of malware/scumware will hawk .as with any program of this type , back up-back up-back up ...did i mention back up ?in the options for both programs you can tell it to prompt for a back up or automatically perform this function .i do not like the back ups buried *somewhere* , so i create folders (labeled in capital letters) for these and they are "out front" on the "C" drive . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted June 26, 2011 ID:445852 Share Posted June 26, 2011 This is an old thread so please don't reply to it, but, check it out:http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=47236&view=findpost&p=234067 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
embam1972 Posted June 28, 2011 ID:446609 Share Posted June 28, 2011 do a little recon ...http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/regcure-c4155.htmlgoogle "regclean scam" , "regclean complaints" and similar phrases .go to legitimate sites that deal with comp stuff and have been for some time .a yahoo answer group ? i don't think so ...and yes , there are scamware versions of registry cleaner type programs out there .do the/more foot-work (that's why you are asking here i suppose) , educate yourself and then make an informed decision/choice .a warning about any registry modifying program ...there is always the potential to damage or remove something that is needed , be cautious about what you do and use .i do not suggest messin' with the registry for the uninitiated and/or faint of heart and will not debate the need/non-need for such programs ...disclaimer : mind you , take heed of the prior warning i stated , if you have any doubts , do not read further .from my own personal experience over many years and this is also my personal view/statement and not an endorsement in any way of a particular product ...i have found two programs that actually did/do help out in this department and to date have not crashed a comp utilizing them :ccleanerlittle registry cleanerboth of these are *absolutely free* and full functioning ... no BS .ccleaner is a combination program , it can get rid of junk files and other assorted stuff as well as perform registry cleanup . it is available from piriform .little registry clean is a "straight guts" registry cleaner ... it actually will find entries that ccleaner does not find . it is available from sourceforge.net .beware during searches for these products ... there are sound/look-alikes that nefarious scammers and purveyors of malware/scumware will hawk .as with any program of this type , back up-back up-back up ...did i mention back up ?in the options for both programs you can tell it to prompt for a back up or automatically perform this function .i do not like the back ups buried *somewhere* , so i create folders (labeled in capital letters) for these and they are "out front" on the "C" drive .hi.those two cleaners you have mentioned are the exact ones that i use and have never had any problems whatsoever with them.As for regcure .it is like most registry cleaners out there a big scareware at the most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
embam1972 Posted June 28, 2011 ID:446611 Share Posted June 28, 2011 i must apologise and im not trying to spam but an important bit of info about paretologic the makers of regcure.They are whitelisted by comodo and in the trusted vendors list.Thought it was worth pointing out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_computer Posted June 28, 2011 ID:446630 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I would definately just uninstall it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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