Are Registry Cleaners Really Good?
May 15th, 2008
Most "Windows XP Registry Cleaner" products are simple snake oil. I don’t think they do very much to actually improve your computer’s performance. Many of the commonly available "free" windows xp registry cleaner tools (and some of the ones that cost money!) are adware and/or spyware. That means they install software on your computer that tracks what you do and displays advertisements. Not only does this degrade your computer’s performance, it seriously compromises your privacy. If you see an ad for a Windows XP registry cleaner, simply ignore it. Better yet, use a Firefox extension such as AdBlock Plus to avoid ever seeing such ads.
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