I have been using System Mechanic Pro for Virus Protection and Registry maintenance for a couple of years. I have just recovered from an infection of both Java-Agent and root-kit harbinger. What a mess. Lost a couple months of my Win 7, all of my Win 8, but was able to recover my XP in-tact. Malwarebytes and Tdsskiller, (downloaded from this site) 'finally' solved my problem. I was also introduced to AdwareCleaner and a couple of techniques that allowed me to bring my PC, and my wife's and my daughter's to states of performance better than they have had for a while.
Needless to say, I am 'moving on' from System Mechanic. I like Malwarebytes. Also, the performance improvement afforded by running AdwareCleaner was impressive. What about Registry Cleaner/Compacters? My PC is (also) a DAW and the consensus on the music sites is that you MUST have a well maintained registry for optimum performance, but here is so much hype (and bs) out there. Is this true? If so, what would be the best choice for a registry cleaner/defrager.
Needless to say, I am 'moving on' from System Mechanic. I like Malwarebytes. Also, the performance improvement afforded by running AdwareCleaner was impressive. What about Registry Cleaner/Compacters? My PC is (also) a DAW and the consensus on the music sites is that you MUST have a well maintained registry for optimum performance, but here is so much hype (and bs) out there. Is this true? If so, what would be the best choice for a registry cleaner/defrager.