The registrant is located in Coimbatore, India. This is especially the case when that latest version of CCleaner has data collection options enabled by default (see the section below). domain was purchased by Private on -03 is the date of registration expiration. It's a bit ironic to claim that going into a user's system without their permission and making changes is a move based on privacy and transparency. 'Since the release of v5.46 we have updated some users to this version to meet legal requirements and give users more autonomy and transparency over their privacy settings.' As it turned out, that's exactly what happened.Ī Piriform staff member responded with the following: Simply the best free registry cleaner, CCleaner supports both Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit.

A user on Piriform's forums noticed that CCleaner had automatically updated on his system without his permission. CCleaner is the world’s favorite PC optimization tool. A must-have Swiss army knife, freeware system utility.

The latest CCleaner controversy comes from ignoring user preferences about checking for updates. In our opinion, it isn't time to trust CCleaner.

This is unfortunately not surprising after Avast purchased CCleaner developer Piriform in July 2017. Why Is CCleaner No Longer Safe?ĬCleaner, once a tidy app with no history of issues, has had several major problems in less than a year. Here's why you can't trust CCleaner anymore, and what to replace it with.

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