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Old 07-19-2008, 06:27 PM   #1 (permalink)
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ErrorSmart Software

Does anyone have experience with this product. Is it safe to use? I downloaded it yesterday to deal with dns errors (couldn't connect to Internet) and it worked great. However, I'm reading reviews on the product today -- some are great and others have me scared.

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Re: ErrorSmart Software

ErrorSmart is considered by many security vendors as adware, or scareware.

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Advertising: Displays exaggerated reports to scare users into purchasing the full version of their software.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&p...e&start=0&sa=N

Regarding registry cleaners in general...

We do not recommend the use of registry cleaners. Our colleague miekiemoes has an excellent writeup here

Another excellent article by Bill Castner is located here.
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