That update also made CCleaner difficult to close through standard methods.įinally, in 2018 the app also started ignoring users' preference to disable automatic updates. This is fairly standard, but the problem was that when you turned the setting off, it re-enabled itself upon a reboot. Later, the company introduced an 'Active Monitoring' feature that collected anonymized data about your usage. The 32-bit app version on CCleaner's website was hacked, adding a Trojan to the download, which the company thankfully caught before it became widespread.
In case you're not familiar, CCleaner's issues started in 2017 shortly after developer Piriform was bought by Avast. But that was years ago-how has the app changed, and is it worth using now? Let's take a fresh look. This led to many, including us, to recommend that you stop using CCleaner. However, starting in 2017, the software ran into several problems that tarnished its reputation. CCleaner has been around longer than most Windows utility cleaners, and was a go-to recommendation for some time.
