Rogue Registry Cleaners are deceitful and unreliable registry cleaner programs that pretend to fix or clean a computer’s registry. Rogue registry cleaners use deceptive security alerts and bogus registry scans as a method to get computer users to purchase the full version of the rogue registry cleaner in use.
Rogue registry cleaners run computer scans only to detect false or exaggerated system errors. Such system error results pop up in a “System Alert” message accompanied by a link that conveniently takes a user to the purchase page. Past this point, the user is convinced that the rogue registry cleaner is the solution, places an order to purchase the program, and is now at mercy of the rogue registry cleaner. In most cases, a rogue regitry cleaner can continuously charge the user’s credit card and even disable legitimate programs that exist on the system. Rogue registry cleaners, as well as, rogue anti-spyware programs and rogue anti-virus programs are known to be used by Trojan makers to install malware and other scumware.