The internet is chock-full of malware, viruses, worms, and Trojans, all waiting to get into your system and wreak havoc. As a result, it is absolutely vital that you take the necessary steps to protect you and your computer against hackers that seek to not only wreak havoc with your computer, but also with your very identity. Identity thieves have a lot of tricks up their collective sleeves, so you have to have all the right tools at your disposal. A registry cleaner such as RegistryFix is a good start.
Your computer’s registry is usually overlooked by most people. Hackers know this, so they create malicious programs that embed themselves in your registry so that they are not easily deleted. You can use the uninstall or the add/remove function in Control Panel, or even manually delete suspect files in your Program Files folder and still find dangerous bits left in your registry.
Even programs that aren’t necessarily malicious may leave unwanted detritus in your registry after being deleted. In fact, this is what normally clogs your registry – leftovers of things you’ve downloaded, and then deleted. Eventually, these leftover bits accumulate slow down your PC or cause other issues. So you need a registry cleaner.
"This is the main window of RegistryFix where you will be able to select the type of errors you want to scan for."
In trying out RegistryFix, we found it to be a very bare-bones type of program. It’s a free download, so we didn’t expect anything extravagant. Despite being very simple, we found it to do the job it was designed for very well. It’s very easy to use (because it’s so simple) and performs a very deep clean. In fact, when comparing it to other registry cleaners, we found that it discovered quite a bit more registry errors than the others. RegistryFix took longer than the other cleaners we tried, which is understandable given the fact that it discovered so much more errors.
"The Preferences window is the place where you can choose to create a logfile for RegistryFix and specify its location.
One thing that you have to be careful with when using registry cleaners is that the cleaner doesn’t get overzealous and cause you to delete something that you need. Fearing that this might be the case, we created a backup just in case. Then, after thinking about it, we had second thoughts.
The PC we use for these reviews is a backup computer we use for taking risks. We didn’t create the backup and fixed the errors that RegistryFix recommended. Lo and behold, we’ve had no problems since! Your mileage may vary, of course, but we thought this was a pretty good indication of what RegistryFix is all about.
One thing we always like to do before doing a review is to look around online and see what others are saying. It seems like most are saying the same thing that we are – you could get a more expensive registry cleaner with all the little bells and whistles, but why spend more money when you can get RegistryFix for cheap? It may take longer, yes, but it also finds a lot more registry errors than other cleaners out there that you have to pay for.
"You can use th Advanced Options window when you want to manage your startup, remove programs or backup your registry."
RegistryFix Summary
All in all, we recommend that you give RegistryFix a try. Everyone needs to clean their registry and get rid of all those errors, no matter how much or how little you use your PC or get on the internet. Just about everything insinuates itself into your registry and it will stay there long after all the obvious stuff is gone. If you want to increase your PC’s speed (and who doesn’t?), the first thing you need to do is clean out your registry! The best, safest way to do so is with RegistryFix. It’s free and easy to use, so give it a try!
