Ditched CCleaner years ago—this open-source tool finally won me back.

Free cleaning and optimization tool, CCleaner is now available on the new Microsoft Store, the built-in app store for Windows 10 and 11. The app holds a 4.5 star rating, comes in 80 languages and in ...

Why it matters: Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so, you'll probably notice that Windows Defender is now flagging the junk file remover as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) after ...

Keeping your computer clean can be a strenuous task, especially if you’re one for holding onto a lot of files. However, there are applications or software out there that can help alleviate this ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform Ltd's free software that optimises computer performance last month, potentially allowing them to control the devices of millions ...

Facepalm: Many users of popular system cleaning app, CCleaner, have complained that installing the software also installs the Avast anti-virus program without their permission. We have confirmed those ...

The makers of the popular PC cleanup utility CCleaner have launched a public beta of CCleaner for Android. The app’s been under development for more than a year, and now you can take it for a test ...

CCleaner has promised a slew of changes to its software in response to user criticism of active monitoring processes which are almost impossible to disable. CCleaner, available in both free and ...