Do I Need a Registry Cleaner? - Comments Page 3

I have added a program called System Security by mistake. Now it is on my computer and continues to send messages. It isnt located in add/remove programs. But its running somewhere on the computer. Is there anything I can do to remove or disable this?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You need a good anti-virus program to nuke it. See http://askbobrankin.com/should_i_buy_antispyware_or_antivirus_software.html

RegFix is really nice, it works perfect (for me, anyway)

The only problem with it is that its not free, but I was planning on hiring some geek to speed up my old computer - glad I didn't.

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Hi,

Here is some video called "Registry Cleaners - Avoid Scams"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtdvY2jIDFY

I use internet cafes and store my data on a thumb drive. I live in a remote part of the Dominican Republic without internet service. A exe file called ´data administrator´was automatically attached to the thumb drive and written to the hard drive of my home computer. After many attempts I was finally able to rid the thumb drive of it but not my home computer. I have tried registry cleaners but I get a ¨registry access denied¨message. When registry cleaner programs are used the program shuts down and restarts the computer.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The "data administrator.exe" is almost certainly malware. See my list of free malware removers here: http://askbobrankin.com/should_i_buy_antispyware_or_antivirus_software.html

I also downloaded malware to my computer. When I locatd the program in my add/remove, it would not uninstall. i installed hijack this and killed it.
Be careful with hijack this it is very powerful. Research the filed/program that you are going to kill before you lay it too waste. Then give to her good.