Is there anyone that can tell me where I can purchase a really good,safe and reliable registry cleaner for windows XP? I’ve been searching all day and according to McAffee Site Advisor, most of them were bogus or either reviews on most of them were bad or not worth the money. I am looking in the range from .00 – .00. If anyone can help me I sure would appreciate it. Thanks so much!!

Whenever I go to any antivirus site, I cannot download anything. My computer is very slow now and my Active X control is gone. I constantly receive the pop up regarding my registry.

A Registry Mechanic (installed on my Desktop) scan showed 24 shared DLL’s, 75 Temporary/Shortcut and 14 Deep Scan problems/errors. Unfortunately, I’m not a computer nerd and so, I don’t know what all that stuff means. I haven’t purchased it (Registry Mechanic/PC Tools), yet. I don’t know what a computer "registry" is.

I’m also receiving prompts telling me I have both application and stop (and some other type of error I don’t remember) errors.

My computer’s security programs consist of the following freeware: Ad-Aware SE Personal; Spybot Search & Destroy, and SpywareBlaster for malware/anti-spyware purposes; and for a firewall, ZoneAlarm.

I have an unpurchased/not registered Spy Sweeper (Webroot) on my Desktop which I use for scan purposes.

My only registered/purchased (anti-virus) program is AVG Professional, from Czechoslovakia, and I’m in the last year of their two-year program. I have no big complaints about them. If there’s a better one, I’m not aware of it

HELP

Anti-virus software?

I don’t have an Anti-virus software installed in my computer. That’s because I’ve upgraded to Common Sense 2009. Why buy pricey anti-virus softwares when you can use your brain! That’s right, If you actually put your mind into removing any virus from your computer you’ll realize it wasn’t that hard. All you’d need to successfully run Common Sense in your computer are:

1. Google
2. A brain
3. Internet access.

Why settle for crappy software that tend to scare the shit out of you and annoy you when you can easily notice when you’re computer is slowing up and acting strangely run diagnostics on it and presto. You’ve successfully used Common Sense 2009.

Which anti-virus software do you guys use?

I’ve done defragmenting, disc cleaning, virus cleaning – still – my computer runs slower than usual.