CRNG wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 14:00:16 -0600, VanguardLH  wrote in
>  
> 
>>I use SpywareBlaster but did not pay for it.  I just use the free
>>version.  As I recall, the only extra you get with the paid version is
>>an automatic update check.  What it does is not by having it run
>>resident all the time, as with other anti-malware programs.  It adds
>>"kill bits" to the registry.  It adds class IDs for known malicious
>>programs that register themselves.  It then adds a data item with a
>>value that tells Windows not to load that program.  So, in effect,
>>SpywareBlaster is pre-loading all the CLSIDs for known badware into the
>>registry but setting the kill bit so Windows won't run that badware.  If
>>the badware ever shows up, it cannot run. 
> 
> I wonder if Avira is doing something similar?  That would explain the
> Avira installation creating 9060 new Registry entries, would it not?

Check the log in your uninstaller program.  I'm assuming it has one.
You can then see where most of the changes were made.

Last time I trialed Avira, it did not insert kill bits for CLSIDs in the
registry.  The uninstaller's log would indicate such.
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