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== Security ==Most commercial anti-virus includes some sort of active registry monitoring. It attempts to notify the user on changes to the registry that may be harmful such as the inclusion of startup keys by a virus. The success of such monitoring software largely depends on how threats are detected, often matching entries against an internal database. It is difficult to determine with complete accuracy what changes to the registry are legitimate by running software and what changes are malicious. There is also gray area depending on what a user considers to be malicious. Recommended Security Measures to Protect the Integrity of the Registry* Create regular manual backups of the registry hives* Use [[Microsoft System Restore]] which includes registry backup* Use Registry monitoring software such as a good Anti-Virus