[NF] RegEditFix ... Is this for real

[Daniel Brown]

George wrote:

> On a seldom used laptop I blew away the Win2K OS and installed it 
> fresh, some months ago.
>
> Now when using JUNO Dial Up I keep getting a message saying my 
> registry is corrupted with  55 critical errors (and impending disaster).
>
> And, I need to download and run RegFixIt.
>
> My notes (which could be wrong) seem to point to http://myregfix.com 
> in one message and www.regfixit.com in another.
>
> Is this for real?
>
> Any experience with this?
>
> TIA
>
> George
>
>
>  
> No. It is not real. I would not under any circumstances download and 
> install such a program. I followed the links and immediately saw 
> pop-ups etc. If you think you really do have a problem try looking 
> somewhere safer for something like maybe http://www.cnet.com/. If the 
> message you are getting is a pop-up ad that is just what it is an 
> advertisement nothing more.