The CCleaner app is a controversial program for privacy and functionalespecially in the last two years, and after its acquisition by Avast.
Most of the user concerns were about the privacy and of course the company's commitment to not collecting data. The problems caused by the company's decisions to allow data collection but also with the functionality which allowed the teasing of the Registry resulted in Windows Defender featuring CCleaner application as potentially unwanted in 2020.
Today the company released CCleaner 5.71. The changelog is short and states:
All the users they can now be excluded from offers (advertisements) for other products.
Users installing CCleaner on supported systems saw advertisements, usually from Avast, the mother εταιρεία. Έτσι οι χρήστες που δεν έδιναν την απαραίτητη προσοχή στην εγκατάσταση κατέληγαν με επιπλέον λογισμικό εγκατεστημένο στις συσκευές τους.
If you now insist on using the app you should use the portable version as it does not need to be installed (and therefore will not display ads during installation). It is on the page builds on the official website.
CCleaner users can find the new setting in Options> Privacy.
For data collection, to opt out of data sharing and bidding, turn off the following two settings:
- Help improve this app and our other products by sharing app-usage data with us.
- See possible upgrades and offers for our other products by sharing app-usage data with us.
The exception does not appear to help users during the first install, as the ads will be displayed. If you can not do without CCleaner use the portable version mentioned above, or even better use the alternative bleachbit.
