Spybot reports REGISTRYFIX

[jen]

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote:
>>"ED" <XXagonNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:8KCJj.597$4Q1.61@trnddc06...
>>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:65njb2F2h2r6iU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>>>> news:TBnJj.15278$A87.3052@trnddc06...
>>>>> From: "Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com>
>>>>> | Apart from the usual sprinkling of tracking cookies, Spybot this
>>>>> | morning reported RegistryFix. I removed it, but I would now like
>>>>> to
>>>>> | learn more please.
>>>>> | I think this is somehow associated with a free registry
>>>>> repairing
>>>>> | utility I installed (on recommendation) last week, called
>>>>> RegCure, but
>>>>> | can't be sure.
>>>>> | BTW, am I mistaken, or does Spybot not offer the option of
>>>>> studying
>>>>> | *details* of its entries, like 'RegistryFix'?
>>>>> I believe RegCure is greyware.
>>>> It is quite amazing how many peoples computers this turns up on.
>>>> Must be
>>>> 10% of the PCs i see have RegCure on. I tell them it is a scam and
>>>> they
>>>> dont believe me.
>>> I guess I am one of 10% that has Regcure on their PC. Could you
>>> bring me
>>> up to date by explaining why this program is a scam and what are the
>>> downside to having it installed.
>>> Thanks in advancem
>>Put regcure and scam into google see what you get. Regcure is one of
>>those
>>terrible pieces of software which claim to do one thing and do
>>something
>>else. Anything it actually repairs is more likely a coincidence. They
>>are
>>usually installed following a muppet clicking on a popup telling them
>>their
>>security is vulnerable click here to fix it.
>>I ahve some magic beans for sale, if you want i can get my nigerian
>>auntie
>>to sell them to you.
> But does anyone have an answer to my actual question please? I'm sure
> that Regcure is every bit as useless as many people say. But I haven't
> seen a single solid piece of objective evidence (in contrast to idle
> rumour and speculation) that it is either a virus or a trojan or any
> other sort of malware.
> In which case, why does Spybot report Regfix.exe as a threat?

Fer gawds sake... Go here to find out:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=16

-jen

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I think he has a screw loose girl. I gave up trying to help him about 6
months ago.

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> "Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:g2kfv39shfc4ihoo1dpsqlnpbgf7too7jl@4ax.com...
>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote:
>>>"ED" <XXagonNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:8KCJj.597$4Q1.61@trnddc06...
>>>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:65njb2F2h2r6iU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:TBnJj.15278$A87.3052@trnddc06...
>>>>>> From: "Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com>
>>>>>> | Apart from the usual sprinkling of tracking cookies, Spybot this
>>>>>> | morning reported RegistryFix. I removed it, but I would now like to
>>>>>> | learn more please.
>>>>>> | I think this is somehow associated with a free registry repairing
>>>>>> | utility I installed (on recommendation) last week, called RegCure,
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> | can't be sure.
>>>>>> | BTW, am I mistaken, or does Spybot not offer the option of studying
>>>>>> | *details* of its entries, like 'RegistryFix'?
>>>>>> I believe RegCure is greyware.
>>>>> It is quite amazing how many peoples computers this turns up on. Must
>>>>> be
>>>>> 10% of the PCs i see have RegCure on. I tell them it is a scam and
>>>>> they
>>>>> dont believe me.
>>>> I guess I am one of 10% that has Regcure on their PC. Could you bring
>>>> me
>>>> up to date by explaining why this program is a scam and what are the
>>>> downside to having it installed.
>>>> Thanks in advancem
>>>Put regcure and scam into google see what you get. Regcure is one of
>>>those
>>>terrible pieces of software which claim to do one thing and do something
>>>else. Anything it actually repairs is more likely a coincidence. They are
>>>usually installed following a muppet clicking on a popup telling them
>>>their
>>>security is vulnerable click here to fix it.
>>>I ahve some magic beans for sale, if you want i can get my nigerian
>>>auntie
>>>to sell them to you.
>> But does anyone have an answer to my actual question please? I'm sure
>> that Regcure is every bit as useless as many people say. But I haven't
>> seen a single solid piece of objective evidence (in contrast to idle
>> rumour and speculation) that it is either a virus or a trojan or any
>> other sort of malware.
>> In which case, why does Spybot report Regfix.exe as a threat?
>
> Fer gawds sake... Go here to find out:
> http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=16
>
> -jen
>
>
>

[Terry Pinnell]

For anyone else who ends up here with a similar query, see also
informative replies in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
news:49cev3pd0bsobjipudl3jfti4t0taveg8q@4ax.com

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