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I downloaded tuneup utilities 2007 for registry cleanup and an unnamed virus was detected by symantec.?

December 20th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Has anybody ever experienced this?

No, but I’m not surprised. Software like this is usually full of spyware, and often viruses. If Symantec found the virus, did you delete it? And did you install tuneup utilities 2007 anyway after the virus was found? If so, you need to get it off your computer as fast as you can, then run another virus check to be sure it’s gone.

A safe and fast registry cleaner is Microsoft’s Live OneCare Cleanup Scan. It does a thorough job of cleaning the registry then removes itself. I use it weekly.
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/center/cleanup.htm

  1. gnrjohn87
    December 20th, 2010 at 15:10 | #1

    No..
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  2. lucee
    December 20th, 2010 at 16:00 | #2

    No, but I’m not surprised. Software like this is usually full of spyware, and often viruses. If Symantec found the virus, did you delete it? And did you install tuneup utilities 2007 anyway after the virus was found? If so, you need to get it off your computer as fast as you can, then run another virus check to be sure it’s gone.

    A safe and fast registry cleaner is Microsoft’s Live OneCare Cleanup Scan. It does a thorough job of cleaning the registry then removes itself. I use it weekly.
    http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/center/cleanup.htm
    References :

  3. countb47@rogers.com
    December 20th, 2010 at 16:14 | #3

    By Symantec, you mean Norton, I presume.The first thing you should do is get rid of that anti virus system, then download AVG Free Edition 7.5 anti virus from Grisoft.com, scan the computer & get rid of that virus.
    You only ask for trouble with those registry clean-up programs. You don’t need them, so, I would get rid of that too. That’s playing havoc with things. Get Windows Defender for a firewall and anti spyware(FREE).
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    experience.

  4. My Free S
    December 20th, 2010 at 16:54 | #4

    I bet the "unnamed virus" did not come from Tune Utilities 2007, but somewhere else. Why not use "real time protection"?
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