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I've bought and run a registry cleaner, which took over 24 hours to run and a further 12 to clean, I use
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The above statement worries me more than the malware. Please be advised that ALL Registry Cleaners are prone to causing massive damage/corruption to the Registry. The Registry is the single most important component in your Operating System. Once corrupted, the best recourse is to perform a wipe of the machine. Unfortunately, the corruption is seldom evident immediately. They manifest themselves as inexplicable issues further down the road. If the tool has an undo function, exercise it now