Did you know that there are over 120 websites offering fraudulent registry fixing software? That’s more sites spreading corrupted files than there is hosting working – and hopefully useful - applications!As you’d expect, in a market saturated by false claims and malware abuse, consumers have become highly suspicious of genuine registry fixing utilities. This makes it hard for the reputable developers to get their products out there when so many hackers are choosing to exploit their field, often with claims of much more comprehensive programs.One of the chief websites to mark up on your black-list is WWW.REGISTRYCLEANERXP.COM. Here is a company which has built strong organic search listings and infected more computers than its own brash testimonials claim to have fixed!The website boldly states that it will “make your system more stable, run quicker, and prevent annoying pop-ups.”It all sounds rather nice of them to share such a program with us, but there’s one small problem. The utility is hopeless at fixing the registry errors and system tuning, as it claims to do. The only thing it is good for is the slowing down and introduction of pop-up advertisements on your desktop – hardly something that you’d desire.“ERROR MESSAGE! - REGISTRY DAMAGED AND CORRUPTED.To FIX this problem:Open Internet Explorer and type: www.registrycleanerxp.com
Once you load the program, close this message windowAfter you install the cleaner program you will not receive any more reminders or pop-ups like this.VISIT www.registrycleanerxp.com IMMEDIATELY!”To the unsuspecting user, pop-ups on the desktop like above can be incredibly misleading – and ultimately deadly to a system’s future. Of course, it’s dressed to look convincing by exploiting the Windows Messenger Service, and thus having the look of a genuine system message.If the user takes up the seemingly critical advice and downloads the program, they’ll find themselves harbouring even more infections and even further from the ultimate ideal of a nice clean system which isn’t controlled by a malicious third party hacker.
Thankfully, there is a simple solution to the problem.The Windows Messenger Service has been taken out of operation since the release of XP Service Pack 2. And as such, the malware is no longer a threat to newer systems. But if you’re on an older version of Windows, you can manually turn off the Messenger Service without a detrimental effect on the system.
It may sound like it, but the messenger service has nothing to do with instant messaging, so you’re safe to proceed.

Go to Start, and open the Run box.

Type “services msc”.

Disable the Messenger Service.

This will get rid of the unwanted desktop pop-ups, which can become seriously irritating in no time at all.

It is also possible, and highly recommended, that you update your system to a version later than Windows XP. This will completely wipe out the threat of malware using the Messenging interface to mislead. You don’t have to upgrade to Vista. A copy of Service Pack 2 will suffice since the service was discontinued at this point.

WWW.REGISTRYCLEANERXP.COM is a website that we could ultimately do without. It ruins the trust of the consumer public in registry fixing software, and it will cause your system a whole lot of damage in the process. If you wish to make your computer a vehicle for somebody else’s advertising intentions, by all means use the website. If you’re looking for a registry fixer, RegistryCleanerXP is not the app for you, no matter how relevant it sounds.

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