Ccleaner.

Avast has purchased Piriform.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/avast_acquires_piriform.html

Let's hope CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy & Defraggler don't go the way of PC Tools' programs.

 

On several forums, I've recently seen avast causing problems. Let's hope avast leaves these excellent utilities alone at least.

 

Say it isn't so, if Avast took over CCleaner then that means that the program will be taken over by nag-ware. Good grief.

 

Let's hope for the best.
I also remember what happened to Musicmatch Jukebox and Winamp...

 

I'm considering not using CCleaner any more. Every time the slim version is run now it tries to change browser settings and causes a FW alert. Not good.

 

You could try the portable version https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds

I just checked and I'm running a version from 30 Oct. 2014. I never got into updating it monthly. I really couldn't see the point. I erase rather than delete files when I'm done with them and when I uninstall a program, I use either Revo Uninstaller or Geek Uninstaller.

 

1. I've been using CCleaner since it was actually called 'Crap Cleaner'
2. I use secure deletion in CCleaner so for cache it's the same as Eraser, which I've also been using for non-cache deletion since time immemorial
3. I've always used Revo in Advanced mode for uninstalling programs.
4. The portable version causes the very same Firewall warning 'Do you wish to change your browser settings?' when run so it is no different. This has only happened since the last but one version of CCleaner and the latest version
5. CCleaner versions have to be updated as some windows and most Web Browser settings change. I see no good reason to ignore that and the release notes specify the changes.

By the way, whether a program is installed or used in portable format has nothing to do with how it works

 

I still use a version from Oct 2014 and it suits me just fine. I tried newer versions and always got rid of that and went back to this version. I have quite a few utilities that I still use older versions of and will probably never update to a newer version. When I finally buy a newer pc or build to newer specs, then I might go with the most recent.

I found several utilities that in newer versions automatically go to the net to look for newer versions of everything listed in Progm~1 . I don't need that function and if I did I would use a utility for that purpose. Also a lot of utilities try to use the newer tiles look interface. I don't need or want it.

If an older program still does what I use it for, I'm fine with that.
I have a gif animation program I bought in Win 95. There is no update and it still functions in everything up to 8.1 It would probably be one that Win10 would blacklist and remove. Since that kind of change took place maybe on Win10 the newest and greatest might be all that is allowed.

 

Agree - very annoying and a deal breaker if it can not be disabled. Sometimes those annoyances can be removed by choosing the "custom" option during the install process or through the program's "options".

I keep the 64-bit portable CCleaner updated and use it with CCEnhancer - no problems.
The download is sometimes hard to get to.

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds

 

You need to look at MajorGeeks!
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ccleaner_portable.html

 

I have previously had trouble with that download link on several occasions.
Now I go to the "builds" page directly even though the link there still sometimes does not work.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index....nload-ccleaner-portable-from-piriform.315937/

 

The slim build never appears for at least a week after a new version is released and the link for it on MG leads to the standard version until Piriform provide the new slim version. The link - when it appears - in CCleaner's Builds page always works for me.
CCleaner - in all versions - has a check box that can be unticked in the install windows to block allowing it to always offer an update. It's simple.
Older versions are only as good as the release notes indicate. Updated versions fix bugs and address changes in program cache file placements, so using an old version is fine if you don't mind less accurate cleaning.