[waynf]

Avast Free version has detected 188 broken Registry items.  What does this mean? What can cause this?  Does this require a re-installation of Windows 7 OS?

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Best Answer

"Broken registry items" are almost certainly harmless and not worth fixing.

 

Registry cleaners are, essentially, unnecessary and can cause problems that weren't there before.

 

https://www.howtogee...or-fix-crashes/

 

https://blog.malware...ital-snake-oil/

 

If you do run a registry cleaner, make sure the program has a feature to quickly, easily undo/reverse any changes it makes.

[SpywareDr]

Best Answer

"Broken registry items" are almost certainly harmless and not worth fixing.

 

Registry cleaners are, essentially, unnecessary and can cause problems that weren't there before.

 

https://www.howtogee...or-fix-crashes/

 

https://blog.malware...ital-snake-oil/

 

If you do run a registry cleaner, make sure the program has a feature to quickly, easily undo/reverse any changes it makes.

[waynf]

Well I don\t possess a registry cleaner and would't have considered it wihout checking wih geekstogo first.  Thanks for the info.

[SpywareDr]

[123Runner]

Broken registry items are usually from software that has been uninstalled, but the uninstaller didn't remove completely.

Most uninstallers do not do a good job of completely cleaning things up.

You shouldn't have to worry about them.

[Dwt66]

Looks like lots of people have the same problems as me.My 7ULT PC shows im running with a VPN and reg. is all screwed up what do you do ??  Used OTL .......ProxyEnable: [S-1-5-21-3495611554-704913795-3540522949-1000] => Proxy is enabled.

Hosts: There are more than one entry in Hosts. See Hosts section of Addition.txt

Tcpip\Parameters: [DhcpNameServer] 192.168.1.1

Tcpip\Parameters: [NameServer] 8.8.8.8

Tcpip\..\Interfaces\{08CBFB04-C65C-478A-85B6-9307640538EF}: [DhcpNameServer] 192.168.1.1

Tcpip\..\Interfaces\{68CB8B3A-9B37-4729-8DF6-BA29EB3A2850}: [NameServer] 8.8.8.8

Tcpip\..\Interfaces\{68CB8B3A-9B37-4729-8DF6-BA29EB3A2850}: [DhcpNameServer] 8.8.8.8

Tcpip\..\Interfaces\{A9E91D7C-C737-40CB-9E5D-23815063B125}: [NameServer] 8.8.8.8

Tcpip\..\Interfaces\{A9E91D7C-C737-40CB-9E5D-23815063B125}: [DhcpNameServer] 8.8.8.8

Tcpip\..\Interfaces\{BD101D7C-9D23-47FC-80E2-23E6ACA6CBFC}: [NameServer] 8.8.8.8

 

.  Used OTL ita good one.

Edited by Dwt66, 31 October 2018 - 06:27 PM.