Is AVG computer performance fix worht whille?

[PEV]

I use AVG Free AV and on the interface am invited to 'Fix performance' and anylise my PC for errors.

I ran this and surprise surprise thousands of faults and errors were found and I am offered the opportunity to download the fix as a one of for free but then if I want it permanent I need to buy.

Should I get the one of free fix? Is it really a big benefit?

You would think by the thousands of problems detected that my PC would have ground to a halt yets its working OK!

Advice please.

Ray

[Plastic Nev]

Hi Ray, if any of these so called "problems" are registry based, please don't go there and leave well enough alone, messing with the registry is only something to be done by someone with an extremely good working knowledge of the registry and how it works.

 

Not any of these automatic systems can possibly work correctly as every single registry is different from any other from the minute you open the computer from new as entries are made and changed by programs installed or uninstalled, and most other operations also.

We never ever recommend any sort of registry cleaners, they can and quite often do cause more problems than they are worth.

 

The idea that stray entries, orphaned entries, or even the rare and odd wrong entry, should be removed is not true, Windows knows to just skip them.

Believe me they do not slow your computer down or otherwise interfere with it's operation. Only when entries are removed by a so called cleaner which shouldn't be removed, is when problems start happening.

 

Nev.

[KenB]

Hi Ray

 

Is this the offending software ?

click here

 

Have nothing to do with it ( as Nev suggests )

Most of what this does you can do yourself if necessary [ for free ]

And as Nev rightly points out - never trust your registry to third party software ............... leave well alone unless you know what you are doing or are being instructed by somebody who does :)

 

We practice the old rule here ......... "If it ain't broke .......don't fix it" :)

[PEV]

Thanks Nev I have heard of the peril of this but needed a bit of advice which I am grateful for.

But it begs the question Why is AVG pedling this kind of stuff?

Ray

[KenB]

Why is AVG pedling this kind of stuff?

 

Simply ..... ££££££££££s