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Sempurna · 10-31-2006, 11:22 PM

Happy Halloween to you, too, dagul!

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dagul · 11-01-2006, 05:15 PM

Hey Sempurna!

I tried Windows live and it found 577 (i think) registries. Sad thing is IE froze and so it was shut down. So now I have to scan again tomorrow. What will I do to that registries? Should I include it also to cleaning? Because windows have to defragment drive C and it says recommended but in the registries you can't find that.

I hope you understand me. It's kinda hard for me to explain this..=)

dagul · 11-01-2006, 06:29 PM

Or maybe i could use the cleanup icon there? and there are options whether to clean up or tune up or protection.. because what i did was i click the full service scan..

Sempurna · 11-02-2006, 02:20 AM

Hi dagul,

The cleanup icon is temp files cleaning. No harm if you want to do it, but utilities like CCleaner are faster and more thorough.

The Protection icon is for malware. There are better online scanners like Kaspersky, BitDefender, and F-Secure. You've tried them all, and I doubt if Windows Live will catch anything else.

Tuneup is basically to defrag your hard disk. You can do this yourself periodically. Won't make much of a difference to a NTFS file system, though (which most of us with XP have).

Just clean the registry first, then do a clean up, and then a tune up. Then scan with Panda and see if the malware reg entries still exist or not.

dagul · 11-03-2006, 05:50 PM

they're still in there. anyway if they are not harmful so we'll just leave them..

thank you so much for all your help! i really appreciate it! you're a genius!

10-31-2006, 11:22 PM	#61 (permalink)
Sempurna Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,302 OS: Windows XP SP2	Happy Halloween to you, too, dagul! The orphaned registry entries pose no harm to your system. If you'd like to clean up your registry, go here and follow the instructions: Free Online Scanner for PC Health and Safety __________________ Keep this forum alive - if you've been helped at this forum, please do consider a donation. Thank you for your support. Donation link for Tech Support Forum

11-02-2006, 02:20 AM	#64 (permalink)
Sempurna Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,302 OS: Windows XP SP2	Hi dagul, The cleanup icon is temp files cleaning. No harm if you want to do it, but utilities like CCleaner are faster and more thorough. The Protection icon is for malware. There are better online scanners like Kaspersky, BitDefender, and F-Secure. You've tried them all, and I doubt if Windows Live will catch anything else. Tuneup is basically to defrag your hard disk. You can do this yourself periodically. Won't make much of a difference to a NTFS file system, though (which most of us with XP have). Just clean the registry first, then do a clean up, and then a tune up. Then scan with Panda and see if the malware reg entries still exist or not. __________________ Keep this forum alive - if you've been helped at this forum, please do consider a donation. Thank you for your support. Donation link for Tech Support Forum

11-01-2006, 05:15 PM	#62 (permalink)
dagul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 46 OS: XP	Hey Sempurna! I tried Windows live and it found 577 (i think) registries. Sad thing is IE froze and so it was shut down. So now I have to scan again tomorrow. What will I do to that registries? Should I include it also to cleaning? Because windows have to defragment drive C and it says recommended but in the registries you can't find that. I hope you understand me. It's kinda hard for me to explain this..=)

11-01-2006, 06:29 PM	#63 (permalink)
dagul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 46 OS: XP	Or maybe i could use the cleanup icon there? and there are options whether to clean up or tune up or protection.. because what i did was i click the full service scan..

11-03-2006, 05:50 PM	#65 (permalink)
dagul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 46 OS: XP	they're still in there. anyway if they are not harmful so we'll just leave them.. thank you so much for all your help! i really appreciate it! you're a genius!