02.04.2009 - Most Registry Cleaner products do more harm than good

Macecraft Software wishes to announce the final results of a new comparison study of 31 most popular registry cleaner. This is the most comprehensive, scientific and affiliate link free study ever made.

The study shows many concerning trends, such as that 9 products out of 31 produced false positives making these products more potent in creating Windows errors than actually fixing them. And speaking of fixing of errors, the results of the first ever test of different products' ability to detect and fix actual, serious registry errors are even more alarming: only 1 product out of 31 was able to detect and fix a serious registry error.

Another interesting and equally alarming result is that a whopping 18 out of 31 products actually left some parts of themselves behind after using the products' very own uninstallation option. Such badly working uninstallers are the root cause for many types of registry errors and the cumulation of left-over junk data. In other words, many of the tested products created the very same problems they were said to solve!

These findings can lead to only one conclusion: Most Registry Cleaner products do more harm than good. And there is very little real scientific information available for consumers to distinguish the cold facts out of the marketing hype and buzz words.

For more information, please see study: In-Depth Review of 31 The Most Popular Registry Cleaner Products.