But still, many simply lump all Registry cleaners in one evil heap and that does CCleaners an injustice. In fact, if anything, some would suggest it is not aggressive enough. Yes, decades ago, some registry cleaner were reckless and way too aggressive. It is unreasonable to assume such a popular and useful tool that's been around that long would still be on the market (or, as an included feature) if that harmful as some suggest. CCleaner has been around for close to 20 years. Having the ability to keep specific cookies during cleanup is invaluable to me.Īnd for the record, the claim that CCleaner's Registry cleaner can be harmful is misleading and totally exaggerated too. If you believe CCleaner is unsafe, then you should use no 3rd party cleaning tool and just stick with Windows own Disk Cleanup. Rather, it was caused by the new owners of Piriform (Avast) sticking their noses in the mix without doing their homework first. And it should be pointed out the issue that caused the most attention wasn't even caused by the developers of CCleaner (Piriform). And the problems were quickly addressed long ago. This is especially the case when that latest version of CCleaner has data collection options enabled by default (see the section below).First and foremost, the few issues were minor, actually affected only a tiny number of the 10s of millions of users. It's a bit ironic to claim that going into a user's system without their permission and making changes is a move based on privacy and transparency. "Since the release of v5.46 we have updated some users to this version to meet legal requirements and give users more autonomy and transparency over their privacy settings." As it turned out, that's exactly what happened.Ī Piriform staff member responded with the following: A user on Piriform's forums noticed that CCleaner had automatically updated on his system without his permission. The latest CCleaner controversy comes from ignoring user preferences about checking for updates. In our opinion, it isn't time to trust CCleaner. This is unfortunately not surprising after Avast purchased CCleaner developer Piriform in July 2017. Why Is CCleaner No Longer Safe?ĬCleaner, once a tidy app with no history of issues, has had several major problems in less than a year.
Here's why you can't trust CCleaner anymore, and what to replace it with.
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