RegistryCleanerPro

RegistryCleanerPro is a fake registry cleaner that wants to part you from your from your money. It was most likely put on your computer by a Trojan which came with what you thought was a legitimate program.

The “registry errors” these RegistryCleanerPro says it has found in it’s constant pop ups are fake and is trying to trick you into wasting your money on the the “full” version.

RegistryCleanerPro is known to generate the following popups:

Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found. Your computer is infected by spyware – 34 serious threats have been found while scanning your files and registry. It is strongly recommended that you disinfect your computer and activate Realtime secure protection against future intrusions.

Antivirus System Pro alert. INFILTRATION ALERT: Your computer is being attacked by an internet virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a trojan-dropper or similar. DETAILS: Attack from 235.157.169.3, port 40771; Attacked port 22363; Threat Win32/Nuqel.E. Do you want to block this attack?

There are no removal instructions for RegistryCleanerPro yet so in the mean time, follow these instructions:

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups.

Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for RegistryCleanerPro and delete any folder using this name.

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