Personal computing discussed
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bthylafh wrote:Although this apparently only affects the 32-bit executable, so if you run 64-bit Windows you probably are unaffected. Still would be best to upgrade or uninstall, of course.
Acidicheartburn wrote:Yeesh. Glad I don't update CCleaner. I'm also really disappointed that Avast acquired Piriform. Not looking forward to the eventual decline of CCleaner and Speccy as they become more ad and bloatware filled.
bthylafh wrote:Acidicheartburn wrote:Yeesh. Glad I don't update CCleaner. I'm also really disappointed that Avast acquired Piriform. Not looking forward to the eventual decline of CCleaner and Speccy as they become more ad and bloatware filled.
There's always Bleachbit for clearing out junk, but it doesn't have a nice quickly-accessible list of programs to uninstall, which is most of what I use CCleaner for these days.
Chrispy_ wrote:CCleaner does more harm than good - If a machine comes to me with problems and I see CCleaner installed, I just format the disk and install a fresh OS.
Chrispy_ wrote:For the best part of a decade I've considered CCleaner as malicious/malware anyway, so the fact it comes with Malware now is exactly what I've always expected.
CCleaner does more harm than good - If a machine comes to me with problems and I see CCleaner installed, I just format the disk and install a fresh OS. I have thousands of hours of experience repairing the damage CCleaner has caused. And do you know what? I'm too old and impatient to deal with it anymore.
Acidicheartburn wrote:Correlation=/=causation.
cheesyking wrote:What on earth were people at any of those companies doing installing or even being allowed to install crudware ccleaner anyway?
HAL-9000 wrote:Are there still that many Windows PC's running a 32-bit OS at these major companies?