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mystery appearance of registry cleaner Error End

Sep 7, 2011 11:46PM PDT

Error End registry cleaner showed up operating on my computer when I booted up this morning. Don't know where it came from or why or what it actually is? Anybody familiar with this? Is it a nasty?

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Well, It's Not Worth Having
Sep 8, 2011 12:17AM PDT

I can't find that it's actually malware but such registry cleaners usually CAUSE more problems than this help.. I can find a few locations where it can be downloaded but none of them are well vetted. Uninstall it, then run full system scans with BOTh of the free malware removal tools below.

Malwarebytes Antimalware

SUPERAntispyware Removal Tool

Hope this helps.

Grif

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mystery appearance of registry cleaner Error End
Sep 8, 2011 4:39AM PDT

Thanks! I agree.