Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: RegTidy worm https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6514 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: RegTidy worm en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:24:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 Anonymous on "RegTidy worm" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6514#post-67519 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:59 +0000 Anonymous 67519@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

It is a known Rogue

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/malware/Adware.Win32.RegTidy-remove.aspx

I asked GOTD Team why they offered Malware as a giveaway, but I never got a reply

MilesCh on "RegTidy worm" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6514#post-67517 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:09:06 +0000 MilesCh 67517@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Using WinXP, SP2, Malwarebytes free brief scan found a worm from RegTidy, worm.autorun.B. Also identified as a Rogue in 4 places in Docs & Settings. Note that I had downloaded this program and was suspicious and uninstalled it.

Not found by AVG free, hijack this, cw shredder, & spybot s&d. FYI, no firewall other than a hardware router.

This is the first bug I've had in years and prior had used Eset NOD32; guess you get what you pay for! Perhaps I'll try Avira free prior to returning to NOD32 which I believe still has a sound reputation.

As much as I enjoy Download of the Day at this stage am questioning it's use -- checked the website and found several others had also reported this bug.