To All users of BullGuard! Do not use their registry cleaner

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by berryracer, Oct 11, 2012.

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  1. Macstorm

    Macstorm Registered Member

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    If true, sorry to hear that.

    jv16PT is definitely not for certain users :D
     
  2. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    It's badly written. To use if safely you really should check every file reference found.

    After all these years one would think JV could produce a registry cleaner which does not give false positivies. It's not that hard.

    Also I'd be interested to know what problems it has fixed. I have only personally witnessed four instances where a registry cleaner has provided any benefit, in probably at least 15 years of using registry cleaners.
     
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    As for jv16PT (only I've ever used) issues arise when users cross the border of the regular reg cleaning policy which skips all Windows-related data for extra safety.

    I, for example, remember old versions of Adobe Acrobat refusing to work properly on several machines. Adobe's support suggested then, logically, reinstall and start all over on all pc's, base builds, upgrades, patches etc.

    I didn't need to perform that time-consuming headache. jv16PT's reg cleaner alone did the trick :thumb:
     
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