Genealogy Chat

I lost my whole hard drive and have just replaced it with a new one and I keep getting this message on the screen in a dialogue type box it comes from Message Service it says You have critical Error message registry damaged and corrupted to fix this problem Open internet explorer and type www(.)registrycleanerxp(.)com Once you load the web page close this message window after you instal the cleaner program you will not receive anymore reminders or pops like this visit www(.)registrycleanerxp(.)com IMMEDIATELY I dont know whether to do this or if its one of those tricky things that cons you to put something on then you have to pay or it will mess up everything please help me if you know I have had no putor for a fortnight and will end up in the funny farm if I mess it up again Kind Regards Lara

Don't open it! It is trying to sell you a program.If you have a new hard drive and it is working properly (which it should be if it's been loaded properly) you don't need it. Unless you know what you are doing - leave the registry alone.

Thanks a lot Joan is there a way to stop the silly pop up coming on please its driving me bonkers on my old documents I am sure Judy from the states told soemone how to get rid of the blasted thing but I dont want to do anything till i know for sure what to do thanks again will just cope with it till then and definatly won't go there Kind Regards Lara

my dad told me about this because i get em he said its a con and dont do it click the x

Thanks Michelle did he by chance tell you how to get rid of the ruddy thing too ?kind regards Lara

You need this: http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html It's a free programme. You scan your PC and it should find Winfix and then you can press a button to fix problems and it should get rid of it. Cheers, Horatia

If you have a new hard drive have you installed anti virus and anti spy ware programmes? If not do so as soon as possible. Do not open the suggested programme (try googling it - most of the nasties are listed) Try deleting all your cookies - use Help - Cookies to find out how. Clive

I have nudges the feel uneasy aboutinternet security thread which has some tips on spyware removal. There's another thread I'll go looking for and nudge that too

Install Popup Stopper Free edition from Panicware(.)com - it's safe and reliable and will capture most pop-ups. Also, assuming you use IE, turn on Pop-up stopper from your toolbar - Tools - Pop-up blocker.

Internet Explorer's Pop-up Blocker is only available in version 7 - not in version 6 A Windows Update available in May is causing some people to have problems with it and some people are having to switch it off. In this case the problem is spyware that needs removing. A pop-up blocker alone is not sufficient.

if you go to http://www.viruspool.net/blacklist.cms you will find registrycleanup + all sorts of endings on the blacklist Do not on any account open the popup on your screen Clive

Hello Horatia first thing I did was install Spy Bot but it had already got in apparently when I was setting up my telstra mobile connection as we are travelling in our caravan up the East Coast of OZ and went on the internet to check it was operational for fully two minutes at the most so it must have snuck in then.Thanks for tip, Cheers Lara in OZ Thanks a lot too Linda that's a great help too many thanks, Lara in Oz Thanks too Lazymazy will try that too cheers, Lara in Oz Thanks Andrew will do Spy Bot scan and also have Adaware so will run that too and I have avg professional as well, Cheers Lara in Oz Thanks too to Clive did send pm mate so thanks to all of you will leave this on as it might help someone else good morning from sunny but not real warm Childerah near the Gold Coast in OZ

Pop-up blockers are unlikely to help as it is a Trojan Virus, and a nasty one at that. Google ''Winfix'' and there are several suggestions how to get rid, does seem a bit fiddly though. Good luck.