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?
Best Answer SpywareDr , 22 August 2018 - 08:14 AM
"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.h... Go to the full post »
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Posted 22 August 2018 - 08:14 AM
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"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.
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Posted 22 August 2018 - 04:06 PM
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Well I don\t possess a registry cleaner and would't have considered it wihout checking wih geekstogo first. Thanks for the info.
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Posted 30 August 2018 - 11:18 AM
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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.
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Posted 31 October 2018 - 05:42 PM
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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.
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