It found 32 drivers to update across audio, Bluetooth, biometric and more (152 were up to date). Note that the Professional version allows you to schedule cleaning, while SmartCleaning will automatically clean when you hit a certain amount of junk (500MB by default).ĭriver Update does what it says and aims to make sure everything is up to date and therefore running as well as it can be. Posted on: January 30th, 2019 in: Tools Review Often, when you talk to any computer-savvy technician (or family member) about how to protect your computer from viruses or malware, they’ll tell you that you should install a collection of apps to keep your PC safe. Following the software getting hacked in 2017, Avast made the changes needed to help ensure the same doesn't happen again. In total, CCleaner was able to free up 3.09GB of space. Key Takeaways CCleaner is a safe option for cleaning unwanted files from your Windows PC. CCleaner is not even moderately safe in general and has been marked as PUA Threat under Microsoft guidelines. Performance Optimizer optimizes both new and old machines. First up, a backdoor 2017 attack compromised software installed on 32-bit Windows systems, and an estimated 2.27 million machines were affected by the attack. With Performance Optimizer, CCleaner 6 delivers up to 30 more battery life and up to 34 better overall performance. That said, CCleaner has battled several security concerns since its acquisition by Avast. The signature feature of CCleaner 6 is the all-new Performance Optimizer. So, removing them could slow down certain things. The company has also promised that the list of supported apps will keep on growing. Again, this took a matter of seconds (2.79 according to the application) and found 1.9GB to remove mainly cache files and, although that’s a good amount of space to free up, remember that cache files are there to make things like web browsing faster. There’s a Custom Clean option which can analyse Windows and Applications. You can select which junk to remove, but only in groups of different types like Recycle Bin, Temporary Application Files and Temporary System Files. This is especially the case when that latest version of CCleaner has data collection options enabled by default (see the section below).On my test laptop, the search found 7,371 trackers, 792MB of junk and a single app to update – Audacity in this case. 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." Let's move on to CCleaner (which can be found on That is also 100 safe to do as I have never had a problem doing that with those two programs. As it turned out, that's exactly what happened.Ī Piriform staff member responded with the following: A user on Piriform's forums noticed that CCleaner had automatically updated on his system without his permission. The latest CCleaner controversy comes from ignoring user preferences about checking for updates. I can't remember what the 3rd party alternative was. The built-in Disk Clean-up does an okay job if you're looking to free up space (not registry though). Technically Ccleaner is a registry cleaner app, not an anti-malware app. I can't remember why but Avast doesn't have the best reputation on the net. Microsoft Defender is flagging CCleaner, the popular Windows system cleaner, as 'potentially unwanted software.' But don't worry, it's not harmful. In our opinion, it isn't time to trust CCleaner. Avast took over Ccleaner a few years back. 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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