CCleaner Portable

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@Midas
Naw, it's all good, it doesn't offend me, it just didn't make much sense to me to bring that point up to my response about how they were back-pedaling and "removing" their "spying", but you still bring up a good point that "anonymized" data is just PR speak nowadays anyway.

[Midas]

... "anonymized" data is just PR speak nowadays anyway.

Precisely.

BTW, check this:

• Dont install or upgrade to CCleaner 5.45
  www.ghacks.net/2018/08/01/ccleaner-5-45-dont-install/

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More like can't, It's been pulled.

[webfork]

gHacks - Dont install or upgrade to CCleaner 5.45

Based on the ghacks article, I'm going to recommend we take the program offline.

[billon]

we take the program offline.

With 116 "points" it would be very hard

[Midas]

But not to the admin, I reckon...

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I don't see the point, they are back-pedaling pretty hard now that a lot of eyes are one them so I suspect their "next" version will be good, and they aren't malicious or anything. Heck remove Firefox then since that sends tons of telemetry that are super hidden via about:config options. This site also hosts tons of ad-ware based programs too.

[Andrew Lee]

It seems V5.45 has been pulled, so I suggest we wait and find out how Pinform/Avast are going to deal with this fiasco.

Personally, I have downvoted CCleaner, and I suggest the rest of you who feel strongly about this should downvote as well.

[Midas]

I did.

[webfork]

MakeUseOf also posted an article about CCleaner issues: Why You Should Stop Using CCleaner on Windows Right Now - https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-usin ... r-windows/