Is CCleaner Safe for Windows?
After being the go-to Windows system cleaner for many years, CCleaner hit a very rocky patch that started with the discovery of a hack in 2017 and continued with data collection concerns just a short time later. But are those troubled times behind it, and is CCleaner safe for Windows now?
What Is CCleaner?
CCleaner is a system cleanup utility, initially created for Windows by Piriform Software all the way back in 2004. Its core function is to safely remove unwanted files from your computer that have been left behind by other software.
It also included registry, cookie, cache, and recycle bin cleaning tools and, more recently, added PC performance boost tools and a driver updater, among several others. It has been downloaded billions of times and regularly featured in lists of essential PC software for over a decade.
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