I'm involved into a disagreeable event with a registry cleaning Software (FreeRegistryFix). I've explained all details in another thread ;
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/795657/
To summarize: as I had and still have continuous problems with this malfunctioning software I'm into a e-mail correspondence with a help-desk person called Colin;
I give here mine and his last e-mail in which I used the blue box of the concerning part) because that's the thing I'm concerned about;
"Hi Colin,
I finally managed to properly download the updated registered version.
The scan showed 453 errors ( don't know why it got stuck the previous time at over 500 errors ??) and it has erased all except 163 under the : 'Recent Files' (medium risk) and 1 under Quick Launch panel links (Low risk) The program doesn't manage to erase these even after repeating 3 times the scanning.
So I'm still stuck with a problem here.
Myriam
----- Original Message -----
From: Colin
To: Naturestudio
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Free Registry Fix Support Team
Dear Myriam,
Thanks for your reply. Please do the following steps to e-mail me error report so that I shall provide you resolution of your issue accordingly.
Please perform a new scan and after the scan gets complete please click on the Make Report button to check complete scan report
Please Double click on the My Computer Icon to open it.
Please Double Click on the C Drive
Please open Program Files folder
Please open Free Registry Fix 3.9.0.0 folder
Please check the file name "temp.htm" and e-mail me this file as a attachment at [e-mail:Colin@promosoftcorp.com]
Please do not fix your registry errors shown by the program Free Registry Fix.
Close Free Registry Fix program.
Thanks and Regards,
COLIN
Free Registry Fix Support Team
[e-mail:colin@promosoftcorp.com]
[HYPERLINK@www.freeregistryfix.com]"
I have done what he asked (I know now that was stupid!)
My question now is by having send this information in an attachment, is it possible that the person can have access to my computer contents ?
Is the firewall sufficient protection in this particular case ?
In the mean while I have erased the FreeRegistryFix map from the Programme map and copied all my passwords to an external hard disk, I have switched off afterwards. Would that be sufficient ?
Thank you for your patience and help in advance!