"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
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>>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
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>>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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>>>>> 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