It's always worth a bit of due-diligence, and think why has an installer increased in size by a third? I saw the size increase and backed off from updating. At the time I searched and also found another version on the Piriform website - CCleaner 'slim' which was still 6.8MB in size.
The installer will install Google Chrome if it's not already installed on the machine. On seeing the size increase, I assumed they were shipping some form of Google Chrome add-on/other software included. (Oddly 5.34 is still 9.4MB, but downloading the update in the software downloads 6.4MB). I had version 5.32 installed, and noticed the download installer had increased in size to 9.4MB for version 5.33, up from 6.8MB for 5.32. The article is confusing because Piriform is now owned by Avast, but the installer that is infected was downloaded in the normal way when you check for upgrade via FileHippo/Pirform This is the normal standalone installer that everyone uses. This is especially the case when that latest version of CCleaner has data collection options enabled by default (see the section below).No, this is the normal version of CCleaner that is affected, not some specialist Avast version, shipped with Avast, avast now own Piriform. 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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