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Dealing With Spyware and Viruses and Keeping Your Computer From Slowing Down
It is difficult to say whether computer viruses and spyware are a bigger threat to our computer's health than registry corruption is in today's computing world. Definitely, there was a time there was no question it was the computer virus that was our biggest concern, but now things are changing.
Registry corruption is a relatively new concern to computer owners. Probably the reason for this is two-fold. First, before virus and spyware cleaners were as advanced as they are today, we had all we could handle keeping our computers free of these parasites. Second, Windows 95 and 98 were tiny compared to Windows XP and Vista and so registry corruption just didn't affect computers the same way it does today.
So, what harm can registry corruption cause, what causes registry corruption and most of all what can we do about it? In this article, we're going to discuss these things and see if we can make some sense of them.
Stuff That Gets Added
Whenever we install a new program or driver on our computer, we add many, maybe even hundreds of thousands of entries to our registry. When this program or driver is deleted or even upgraded, these entries, though they are no longer used, still remain in place in the registry. These entries are a type of registry corruption because they make the operating system work harder to get where it needs to go.
Surfing the net adds corruption of its own to the registry. This happens because the temporary files that are constantly added and deleted need to place entries in the registry. These entries rarely get removed when the are no longer needed.
Believe it or not viruses, spyware, adware and all the other kinds of malware, though they are unwanted programs, are viable software programs so, when they are removed, they too leave registry corruption behind.
It is important to realize this registry corruption wears on your computer's operating system. It taxes the OS by giving it more work to do as it lumbers through all these false pointers registry corruption is made of. This of course, will slow down computer operations greatly and after a while it will cause the computer to crash.
The Next Step
What all this means is, in today's world we have many more programs placing entries in the registry than ever before. Probably there are thousands of times more entries being placed in the registry than there were 10 years ago. Add to this fact that the newer Windows operating systems, namely Windows Vista and XP are way larger than the early Windows operating systems and you can see how registry corruption has become a real issue!
Getting rid of registry corruption is as easy as having a good registry cleaner installed on your computer. To remain free of corruption, you should run the registry cleaner once a week or so and after your virus and or spyware cleaner has removed a virus or spyware. To run at peak efficiency, a computer must be free of spyware/viruses and registry corruption.
About the Author You've learned a lot about spyware and registry cleaners and what these things can and cannot do to your computer. Now find out all the things that can make a computer slow and unstable and how to correct the problem at: Windows Registry Cleaner. Then find out how certified computer technician Ed Lathrop rates the top spyware cleaners and get a free scan for spyware at: Antispyware Review.
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