CCleaner - why weekly updates?

[stockhausen]

It seems that every time I use CCleaner it informs me that a new version is available.

In God's name, why

So far as I can tell it offers no additional functionality and I suspect that the real reason is that the new owners (Avast and its infamous inclusion of the Floxif trojan a couple of years back) do "deals" with software providers and websites quietly to overlook their cookies and sell on harvested data. CCleaner has also tended to "offer" other software - e.g. Google Chrome.

Bring back Piriform!

 

[Terminal_Boy]

I was wondering what was going on, thanks for the info.

I’ll be uninstalling CCC later.

 

[UnworthyBean]

Give BleachBit a go. Got rid of Ccleaner a while back for a similar reason, just seems to be adding more and more annoyances. Packing other software in the installation and turning monitoring oh by default so it constantly runs in the background.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Thanks!

I’ll give BleachBit a try.

 

[TheVoice]

CCleaner seems to have turned into bloatware itself, somewhat ironically. Even the Android version which used to be useful for cleaning out large app caches etc seems to be trying to do so much more than just what it was originally intended for.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Just use CCcleaner portable. No bloatware.

 

[wesley]

Yep just use the portable one

 

[james.miller]

They seem to release about one update a month which doesn't sound unreasonable?

Version History
v5.60.7307 (16 Jul 2019)
Browser Cleaning
- Improved the Flash cleaning rules in Chrome, Opera & CCleaner Browser

CCleaner Browser
- Added Smart Cleaning & Easy Clean support

Software Updater
- Fixed a disappearing text bug
- Fixed a navigational bug

v5.59.7230 (25 Jun 2019)
Easy Clean
- Fixed a bug that prevented Easy Clean from being shown correctly to a small percentage of users

Software Updater
- Fixed a DPI display bug in the upgrade window

Localization
- Inserted additional translations into the installer

v5.58.7209 (06 Jun 2019)
Easy Clean
- Fixed a bug that was causing Easy Clean to disappear from the navigation menu

Browser Cleaning
- Fixed an issue that prevented the cleaning of Chrome's Download History

Installer
- Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer is no longer offered in CCleaner!

Not sure why you'd see weekly updates? Something else going on?

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Thanks for the update. I have been wondering the same. I had no idea that Avast took them over from Piriform.

 

[BananaDunka]

CCleaner Portable is the way to go. It just works without all the guff.