![]() ![]() ![]() You can block the above web domains using the Windows HOSTS file or a firewall, but this is akin to a whack-a-mole exercise, since Piriform/AVAST can change the URLs at will.Īlso from v () onwards, CCleaner upon every launch auto adds (& re-adds) additional “whitelisted” cookies to keep:ģ) Furthermore, users have complained about sections of “experimental” features mysteriously appearing, disappearing & re-appearing in CCleaner’s GUI between launches, even though they have not updated CCleaner, & the file hashes of the main binaries ( CCleaner.exe, CCleaner64.exe) remain unchanged. Note:- For each version, identical CCleaner.exe & CCleaner64.exe binaries are used for the 3 respective builds from the developer: “Standard” (PUP-bundled) installer, “Slim” (no PUPs) installer, as well as the Portable ZIP archive.Īs such, if CCleaner binaries were to be again tainted at source - ala the Floxif/Nyetya backdoor trojan supply-chain hack (which Piriform, AVAST & practically all malware scanners failed to detect) - ccPortable PAF would be equally compromised as well.Ģ) As for data mining & user privacy issues, CCleaner from v (released: ) onwards is known to connect to various URLs during its runtime, such as:ĬCleaner sends info such as the user’s IP address, ISP name, GPS coordinates, city/country, timezone, CCleaner launch timestamps, views, button clicks, types of junk cleaned from system, other running apps when CCleaner is is use, etc. The wrapper happens to extract the binaries contained in the “Standard” installer build from the developer. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.Daraghy: “How does the use of ccPortable address the issues of data user collection and bundling that tainted cCleaner to begin with for many of us?”ġ) ccPortable PAF does NOT prevent user data mining by the recent versions of CCleaner, because the PAF wrapper does not modify the binaries obtained from source. The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Microsoft and the Window logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of, Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Android, Google Chrome, Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google, LLC. Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. NortonLifeLock, the NortonLifeLock Logo, the Checkmark Logo, Norton, LifeLock, and the LockMan Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NortonLifeLock Inc. LifeLock identity theft protection is not available in all countries.Ĭopyright © 2022 NortonLifeLock Inc. The Norton and LifeLock Brands are part of NortonLifeLock Inc. Hopefully that won't change when CCleaner Portable v6.1 is released next month.ĭell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v21H2 build 19044.1706 * Firefox v100.0.0 * Microsoft Defender v.5-0.5 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.5.9.198- * Macrium Reflect Free v * CCleaner Free Portable v I have a 64-bit OS and use the default English interface, and when I unzip the Portable ccsetupxxx.zip file on a removable USB thumb drive there are only three essential files I need to keep - CCleaner64.exe and portable.dat plus my "old" ccleaner.ini file (which stores the custom configuration settings I made in my previous CCleaner Portable versions). According to nukecad's 1 post in CCleaner Portable Not Available the programming changes in v6.0 caused " a few issues" and a Portable version of CCleaner v6.x likely won't be posted on the official builds page until v6.1 is released next month. I still like the Custom Clean function of CCleaner for disk cleaning and use the Portable (zipped) version to avoid having to install all the unnecessary bloat on my system, but if you try to download CCleaner Portable from the builds page at you are currently offered the previous ccsetup592.zip file. Recall that NortonLifeLock acquired Avira in 2020 and then acquired Avast (including its subsidiary Piriform, the original creators of CCleaner) in 2021, so I expect we'll see more of these "system optimizers" and other bloatware developed by Avira and Avast continue to creep into both CCleaner and NortonLifeLock products in the future. Information about the new Performance Optimizer in v can be found at Our CCleaner 6 App is Out Now With a New, Patented Performance Optimizer and Improved Software Updater. ![]() A change log for this major v6.0 release is available at. ![]()
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