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I just received a registry scan telling me that i need to download a repair utility immed. Is this a scam or n?

December 20th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments


Yeah, this is a familiar scam. They try to scare you into buying their piece of crap. You may need to clean your registry, but there are two safe ways to do it. This is NOT one of them.

You can use CCleaner, or Microsoft’s Live OneCare Cleanup Scan.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm

  1. Mayur Agarwal
    December 20th, 2010 at 14:57 | #1

    Did you use an online scan.

    If this message has come from a trusted vendor then browse through net and you can find many of them free to download.
    Visit : http://www.download.com
    References :

  2. Jim W
    December 20th, 2010 at 15:11 | #2

    save your money Eusing is a free reg. scanner the will clean and repair as good or even better than a lot of paid scanners. it sounds like a scam
    http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm
    References :

  3. lucee
    December 20th, 2010 at 15:24 | #3

    Yeah, this is a familiar scam. They try to scare you into buying their piece of crap. You may need to clean your registry, but there are two safe ways to do it. This is NOT one of them.

    You can use CCleaner, or Microsoft’s Live OneCare Cleanup Scan.
    http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
    http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
    References :

  4. Kailash B
    December 20th, 2010 at 15:54 | #4

    Try tuneup utilities 2008. search in google.
    download and install you will get it free for 30 days it will do everything good in your system. try it.
    References :
    http://www.pcworld.com/downloads

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