TonyKlein
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... I emailed Scot and he replied saying he advised against Nod32 for Outlook Express users precisely because of the missing outbound scanning component...
To each his own, but I do think that really is a bit rich, and I replied:
Shouldn't the main purpose of an email scanner be to protect you from getting infected in the first place? In that respect inbound scanning is what really matters.I've never really seen the point in having outbound scanning. I mean, if you're running a good antivirus the resident scanner (in Nod32's case Amon) would have caught any virus beforehand anyway, so an outbound email scanner wouldn't even get a chance of springing into action.
It mainly serves to reassure the addressee that he/she is receiving a clean email...
In view of that, is it really fair to advise against an otherwise excellent product just because it doesn't have outbound scanning? I do think that's a bit exaggerated...
I guess we'll be disagreeing on the issue... LOL!
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LOL!
Well, EasyCleaner, just like for example jv16 PowerTools is basically a registry cleaner that addtionally does a number of things on the side.
CCleaner, on the other hand is a MRU cleaner that does a bit of registry cleaning on the side.
Aside from the fact that I've never really been a great fan of registry cleaners of any kind, I do get joeljoel's point...
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Thanks Tony. I went into ccleaner under options , advanced and unchecked the one that said to only delete files older than 48 hours. That might solve my problem as it was checked. I will try later when I get more files built up as I just cleaned and deleted those myself. Will let everyone know if it was solved.
I rather think it almost certainly will.
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Scot who?
VirusBulletin rate NOD32 the highest, I think...
Well, Scott likes it as well:
That's because the Nod32 is the anti-bloatware antivirus product. It's fast, uses few system resources, can be configured to operate silently, and it updates regularly. It coexists superbly with anti-spyware products (tested with Windows Defender and Spy Sweeper 4.5). And it also traps spyware on its own. In short, you can set it and forget it. It doesn't have problems. It doesn't get in your way. And it offers rapid, reliable protection.The only thing that puzzles me is that he states that Nod32 only offers support to Outlook, not Outlook Express.
That's just plain wrong; Nod32's Imon internet/pop mail scanning component most definitely scans incoming email. (Never really understood the rationale for scanning outgoing email anyway....)
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In Options > Advanced try unchecking the option to delete only those files older than 48 hours.
Incidentally, CCleaner will still be unable to delete files that are in in use because they're locked by another process, so it IS normal that some files may remain after running CC.
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As for how fast it is, it really depends on how many files there are to scan, so there's no fixed answer...
It's relatively fast.
Have a go and download the trial.
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CCleaner uses the applications own uninstaller; it's like using Add-Remove Programs, so you will again be prompted for the uninstall log.
Do not press 'delete entry', as that will only remove the Registry key containing the program's uninstall string. It will disappear from Add-Remove Programs, but all of the Yahoo toolbar will still be there.
I suggest you try installing the Yahoo toolbar again, 'on top of itself'. That will restore the missing uninstall log, which, incidentally, I doubt CCleaner actually deleted.
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I'm afraid that doesn't help much... It's just CCleaner announcing it will delete the TIF and Cookies index.dat's on reboot...
Nothing that could be responsible for that error message...
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Certainly, but that doesn't work for the Uninstall ("Add-Remove Programs") section...
In fact, a while ago I requested a 'Regedit Jump" option, so that you could easily jump to the HKLM\Software\Mocrosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall regkey in order to make sure what exactly it was you were having CC remove. Aa 'Backup' button could possibly be of use here as well.
As for the Startup section, although in principle I definitely agree with Andavari, once in a while you may indeed want to remove an orphaned startup entry belonging to an application that has already been uninstalled
Incidentally, a backup of the registry keys in question would by definition exclude startups launching from the Startup folder as opposed to the Registry.
Anyway, some more food for thought, I guess...
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Also, anything left in your Local Settings\Temp folder after running CC?
After running CC, go To Start > Run > type %temp% then press 'Enter'
Note, normally you shouldn't GET such a prompt, even if certain files cannot be deleted by CC on account of them being locked by another process, but hey, what's normal?
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Nod32, for three years now, and very pleased with it.
It's heuristic/generic detection is second to none (and that includes Kaspersky)
That said, Kaspersky's database is truly huge, and I may someday purchase a license just for the heck of it, so as to have a backup AV for on demand scans.
However, Nod32 really does fulfill all my needs.
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Hello and Welcome.
You are not being clear about your request because CCleaner does ask to back up.
I think he acknowledges that:
Yes I know you get a message when doing a regsitry cleanup...He's however right in that when editing the Startup and Uninstall sections there is no backup prompt
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Another approach might be using RegMon and FileMon to track ccleaner.exe as it runs.
It may provide you with a LOT of data to rummage through though:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Filemon.html
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html
Make sure you configure the filter to include ccleaner.exe only, and maybe look for 'FAILURE' results. You can also copy the contents of the log and search for keywords...
Maybe worth a try...
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Continued here: http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=6074&hl=
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I can't help thinking we must be overlooking the blatantly obvious...
Now if only we knew what it was... LOL!
Some fresh input from others would be appreciated!
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Expanding on Hazelnut's theory, after running CC (and getting that error message) do any non protected cookies remain?
Especially any from Loblaws/President's Choice of course...
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That's very strange. Any custom winapp2.ini entries referencing such a folder?
That would be another possibility
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Is CC configured to delete (the contents of) a folder by that name at all??
(Options > Custom)
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You're very welcome. Do keep us posted!
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why doesn't ccleaner delete programs in the registry that i have uninstalled. i have found alot of unused programs in the registry. i don't want to delete anything from it because i don't trust myself knowing me.
No application is able to detect and remove all registry keys pertaining to software you no longer have installed.
This is simply because it wasn't THERE when the application was installed in the first place, and hence it is unable to determine without a doubt what registry keys and values belong to the application in question.
Such is life...
In my experience MOST uninstallers leave an enormous amount of junk behind.
The only way around this is using an install monitor like TotalUninstall, Ashampoo Uninstaller and so on.
Such software take snapshots of the Registry before and after, so that you know exactly what files and reg keys and values have been added, removed, or altered.
It really isn't fair to 'blame' CCLeaner for not being clairvoyant...
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I cannot find ANY file that starts with the name President*
Well, neither can CCleaner, which is the precise reason why it comes up with:
Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name."This doesn't appear to be a message originating from CCLeaner, but from Windows itself.
Have a look here:
Cannot Delete Files or Folders with Extended Characters
Only guessing, but could it be that you set CCleaner to delete certain Custom Files and Folders, and that there's a problem with some of the items it is trying to remove??
I also found this BLOG entry
Deleting Files on WindowsOver the past few days I?ve been writing a program to create static HTML pages from Wikipedia XML dumps (long story - actual program and more info to come in a few more days?)
The program creates a lot of subdirectories in the process, and a lot of these happen to be in Unicode.
99.9% of the time this is fine. Windows is happy. I?m happy. Everybody?s happy. The 0.1% has been a particular folder ?Cuisine of Israel? which, for the past day, I?ve been unable to delete. I get the following message:
Cannot delete Cuisine of Israel : Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name.
It took some searching on Google, and it took this Google Groups page for me to find the answer:
1. Open a command line (Start > Run > Type cmd and press Enter)
2. Navigate to the folder above the one you want to delete
3. Type dir /x to see the MS-DOS 8.3 filenames. In my case it was CUISIN~1
4. Type (eg. for me:) rmdir /s CUISIN~1 and confirm the delete.
5. The folder should now be removed.
It should be a similar process for files (except, using del instead of rmdir).
Apparently Windows has a problem with certain characters. In this case I think there was a Unicode space character of some kind in the file. Windows wasn?t capable of dealing with it, and gave the error message.
Hopefully that should provide you with a few pointers
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If you want to be on the really safe side, I guess have to agree.
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It is really not recommended, at least if you have CCleaner set to empty the Temp folder by default.
This is because some applications put stuff in there during setup that they need on reboot in order to complete the install.
It is better to have it run automatically at startup instead.
Best Antivirus of 2006!
in Windows Security
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... incidentally, Humpty, I do applaud you for your choice of Kaspersky AV. Where Nod32 excels in the field of heuristic detection, there's hardly an antivirus that equals KAV with regards to the size of its AV database, paying equal attention to fast moving threats like worms as it does to trojans and adware, or for the speed with which it reacts to new threats.
You'll be very well protected!
Do make sure you also have the extended database options enabled.