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Man that program has gone down the fucking drain. First bundling in bloatware, now this?
What's a good alternative?
Bleachbit or Glary Utilities
I replaced it with BleachBit after their auto-updater led to a situation where everyone was advised to wipe Windows.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/how-to/security/ccleaner-malware-incident-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-remove/
Goddamn it gets worse. As soon as I get home from work I'll give a BleachBit a go. Thanks all!
Ohhh thank you for suggesting these, I had been considering swapping for CCleaner for weeks now but didn't know of a good alternative.
Glary Utilities has been my go to for years. First time I've ever seen anyone else mention it!
I haven't used any such tool for almost a decade probably and I don't think there's a need to nowadays. Occasionally I run the Windows Disk Cleanup utility to get rid of temp files and Windows Update installation files and that's about it. Cleaning the registry is bullshit anyway that does more harm than good (doesn't speed up anything certainly).
Bleachbit is the open-source community maintained successor
nuke and pave is the only real alternative. I do it every 3-4 months and it really only takes me a couple of hours to be back in business with all my apps and settings.