Avira Criticized for Recommending Controversial Product

I realize people have differing opinions on the value of registry cleaners, however most knowledgeable computer users know that these programs must be used with a great deal of caution. A wholesale "cleaning" may and often does leave the user with an unstable OS, non- functional programs, or in a worst- case scenario, a computer that won't boot up.

As far as the "scareware" label is converned, this program may indicate several non-existent issues on brand new computers or updated clean installs but promise to fix them after the program is purchased. Perhaps the definition of scareware should be expanded to encompass programs that behave in this manner.

And the Ask toolbar has nothing good going for it, in my opinion.

I agree completely with this poster's comments. I have tested Uniblue rubbish on a new Windows install, and, yes it is scareware. According to several customers, paying does not fix the problem, and refunds cannot be obtained. If you have been stung, cancel your credit card and report the fraud to your card provider.

The Uniblue controversy is one of the biggest puzzles I have seen in a long time. I have removed various Uniblue products from customers' machines because they were, without doubt, malicious. However, there are many positive reports about Uniblue.

I would love to know what, exactly, is happening here. Are the positive posters merely Uniblue shills? Are the negative ones shills for the competition? Whether any Uniblue product actually has merit probably cannot be determined by blog postings. However, just the fact that Uniblue causes such a kerfluffle ought to raise a giant red flag.

If you don't believe me, feel free, install this malware mess. Or install something that is not controversial AT ALL, which is most of the rest of the field. My actual non-cynical suggestion is to install NOTHING in this category. Registry cleaners are largely "snake oil." If I were a shill for anyone, I certainly wouldn't tell you to install NOTHING.

If your PC is slow, open Task Manager and select the Performance tab. You can see (and kill) running processes. You can see if you are out of memory, and so forth. This is a part of Windows and costs you nothing to use. If you need help with this, there is ample information out there. If you feel compelled to spend money, take your machine to a local repair shop. He/she needs the money more than stinking Uniblue, and he/she can also find the REAL causes of your problem. Magical thinking in the form of one garbage program installed over another until your compuer is continually busy really is not the right approach. Sadly, I have seen users do this over and over. Less is more sometimes.

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yes flash is right avira is best in what a free antivirus can do... and its False positive reports are also lesser then even from some commercial security products.... I used it for more than 2 years but this year i shifted to commercial version of Avast because of its online security...In my opinion Avira is loosing its reputation and market because of its new tactics and business ideas... and what i can said about Uniblue RegistryBooster ... I used it just for trial on my laptop and uninstall it within 20 minutes... that is all about Uniblue RegistryBooster...shel i think your opinion is right about Uniblue RegistryBooster that the definition of scareware should be expanded to encompass programs that behave in this manner.ASK toolbar is one of the biggest piece of Crap i ever seen... i install a program that is ad-supported by ASK toolbar ... after installin it when i tried to uninstall ask toolbar it freeze my pc screen and after may try and some research i was able to successfully uninstall it by the help of Revo Uninstaller....that is ask toolbar a Parasiticware...