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reghakr
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gjbnh,
I really would not trust this program whatsoever.
I just ran the Pro version on my Windows 7 machine. I have 84 system optimazations found and 5228 Security Defense problems found.
These Security Defense is a total joke. It just lists the various types of malware that exist out in the wild. It's supposedly giving you protection from these. If you have a good anti-virus program, spyware detector and personal firewall, there is no need for this.Also, it detected a dll of mine as a porn pop up. This is absolutely false and if I was to remove it I would break the program and it would not start.
I'd go so far as to state if you fixed all these so-called problems Windows would not even boot.
I never belied in these "optimization" programs either, especially when they want to modify Windows services. These services have changed in Windows 7 and this is an possible way to prevent the computer from booting.
I really would not trust this program whatsoever.
I just ran the Pro version on my Windows 7 machine. I have 84 system optimazations found and 5228 Security Defense problems found.
These Security Defense is a total joke. It just lists the various types of malware that exist out in the wild. It's supposedly giving you protection from these. If you have a good anti-virus program, spyware detector and personal firewall, there is no need for this.Also, it detected a dll of mine as a porn pop up. This is absolutely false and if I was to remove it I would break the program and it would not start.
I'd go so far as to state if you fixed all these so-called problems Windows would not even boot.
I never belied in these "optimization" programs either, especially when they want to modify Windows services. These services have changed in Windows 7 and this is an possible way to prevent the computer from booting.
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I agree somewhat. Under Vista it seems to find some regisrty errors after they have been cleaned, after Vista has re-created them after rebooting. But given the shear number of reports Security Defense findings in Win 7, I think it is safe to say that at least some of them are legit. Even if 3/4's of them are false positives, it speaks volumes that MS STILL hasn't gotten the secuirty think right. So I will take it's findings with a grain of salt, but where there is SO MUCh smoke, there IS fire.
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gjbnh,
As I stated above the Security Defense findings are simply thousands of malware and spyware related entries that exist everywhere. It's not a list of problems on your computer.
Anyone that installs this program will get a huge number under that category.
As for
Not true whatsoever. there are many security enhancements in Windows 7.
As I stated above the Security Defense findings are simply thousands of malware and spyware related entries that exist everywhere. It's not a list of problems on your computer.
Anyone that installs this program will get a huge number under that category.
As for
Not true whatsoever. there are many security enhancements in Windows 7.
And I know this is still "beta".Similar threads
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