Boris Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 9:49 AM, spanjokus said: And who will tell you why on the official MS forums when you advise CCleaner, the moderators there say that this is unwanted software that breaks the system? Well, I've been using the Free version of this for 20 years now and it has never "broken" any system that I have installed it on. Can you produce some evidence to substantiate your statement ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 My understanding is that Microsoft are pretty anti third party reg cleaners and maintenance programs in general and this isn't confined to ccleaner. Where ccleaner crossed the line in Microsofts view was when after the takeover by avast! they started bundling other software like the browser and antivirus in the installer. This counted as a PUP or Potentially Unwanted Program so Windows Defender started warning against it. I also use ccleaner and have for many years without breaking anything. I did however get caught out once when it installed avast!, not exactly without my consent but mainly as having run the update so many times I did it on autopilot and didn't notice the change and that if I didn't specifically opt out I was going to get avast! installed. Lesson learned but I wasn't the only one that really didn't like the approach and I don't think they do it anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 If you download the "Slim" version installer, it doesn't include these "Extra" items. Similarly if you use Patch My PC to update your PC it also doesn't install any "extras". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pewpewmarc Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 hmm, I've used CCleaner in the past when my PC was still windows 7, but when I upgraded to windows 10, I don't use it as much anymore somehow... I've also seen some open source alternatives for CCleaner and was thinking about taking those for a test spin. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 21, 2024 Report Share Posted August 21, 2024 v6.27.11214 (21 Aug 2024) Taking the hassle out of PC maintenance Now, when you close a CCleaner file cleaning notification, you are asked if you want to permanently turn off these notifications. We’ve enhanced the Uninstaller so that it now deletes all CCleaner application data for all users of the PC, if possible. Fixing bugs and other improvements When running CCleaner for an extended time, the app now displays only the most recently missed pop-up instead of all the pop-ups you missed. We fixed an issue with the Health Check when it detected that a browser was running but did not close it before continuing with a scan. The Windows Defender Quarantine folder has been added to clean up. The font size in the New Driver section has been corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 19, 2024 Report Share Posted September 19, 2024 v6.28.11297 (19 Sep 2024) Taking the hassle out of PC maintenance We’ve extended CCleaner application cleaning to cover qBittorrent. The Software Updater icon in the navigation now includes a dynamic counter that displays the number of outdated drivers. The Performance Optimizer icon in the navigation now includes a dynamic counter that displays the number of apps that can be put to sleep to free up PC resources. Cloud Drive Cleaner is now more easily accessible from the Tools section, where it now appears at the top of the list. We’ve enhanced the visual presentation of the final screen of the Health Check results flow. As part of ongoing Software Updater improvement, some users are now able to run Windows updates, in addition to their other application updates. Fixing bugs and other improvements We fixed an issues where the Intelligent Cookie Scan was failing to scan certain browsers. We fixed an issue affecting a small number of users where a popup problem caused CCleaner to crash. We also made some stability and UI improvements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 CCleaner v6.33.11465 February 20, 2025 Fixing bugs and other improvements We made minor user experience improvements to Performance Optimizer and Driver Updater. We fixed a bug that was preventing Software Updater from updating Windows Defender for certain users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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