If you use CCleaner, be careful! The application is no longer the one you knew. Recent internet reports accuse Piriform (a subsidiary of Avast) of adding "malware", ads and more.
CCleaner is available in both free and paid versions on all Windows, Mac and mobile platforms.
For those who don't know, CCleaner is a utility used to clean junk files (temporary files saved from the internet) and invalid Windows registry entries.
But with the release of the latest version 5.45, CCleaner tells changelog that it has added a feature that will send Piriform "more detailed bug fixes and product improvements."
Apparently those who read the changelog are not at all happy with the change it allows collection data,
In May, CCleaner said it would only collect anonymous data from users who have installed the free version, giving users the ability to disable the feature.
The last information όμως (v5.45) της δωρεάν έκδοσης της εφαρμογής, η λειτουργία είναι αδύνατο να σταματήσει να λειτουργεί. Το AMH του CCleaner (από το Active Monitoring and heartbeat) and privacy settings have been removed from the options of the free version of the program.
The most alarming thing is that through Active Monitoring, the company added spyware to the app to anonymously check usage details to alert users when unwanted files are detected!
According to the application development company, heartbeat sends "completely non-personal, and unrecognizable user information to improve CCleaner".
The paradox; You can also turn off "Enable system tracking" and "Enable active tracking" from Options> Tracking. However, after a restart of the program or after a reboot of your system, the functions are activated again.
Also, if you click the x icon to quit CCleaner, the software does not close. The application continues to run in the background for most users and regularly sends its reports to Piriform.
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It's been a long time since another malware occurred after hacking (as reported by the company) in the same program.
Given the current "problem", is it time to think that nothing (in the past problematic operation due to a virus, but also in today) is accidental?
Simply put, did they want the company to do it, and they did it, invoking the first time hacking?
Note: I personally do not believe in coincidences and "errors" especially in programs that "hit" and look at the root of a software registry (windows and android).
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