If you missed a major controversy about CCleaner, it’s time to remind that again. We already covered how CCleaner was about to force the users to submit personal information to their servers. That’s not acceptable in today’s world where privacy is a MAJOR concern for everyone, especially after losing trust to Facebook. Moreover, you couldn’t terminate the app completely just by closing it! You had to go through the “Task Manager” for successfully terminating the app. You may already guessed the reaction from the community. This problematic version – CCleaner v5.45 was deleted officially.

Thankfully, due to the large community base, Piriform had to take quick action. Now, CCleaner v5.46 is available with really positive changes. Today, let’s take a look at the new tool.

Transparency everywhere

Here’s what new in the CCleaner v5.46.

Let’s take a look at the new CCleaner.

Everything looks just normal, right? Go to Options >> Privacy.

There’s the option to opt out of the data collection policy. As a part of the update, Piriform also ensured to disclose what data they will collect.

There’s no “Active Monitoring” anymore. It’s now “Smart Cleaning”.

However, like other versions, CCleaner is still offering bundle software like in this screenshot –

If you want to get no such issues, just the tool, then consider getting the “Slim” version. You can the latest “Slim” CCleaner here.

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Recently, Piriform – the company that develops and maintains CCleaner, had to face a major setback. Things have changed for the better scenario now, thanks to privacy-loving people all over the world!

What’s the problem?

CCleaner is actively developed and distributed by Piriform. Recently, Piriform pushed the latest version of CCleaner – v5.45 to the web. Updating a software regularly is important to add new features and keeping the tool compatible with all the changes and tweaks to the system and others.

After the release of v5.45, users found out that the “Active Monitoring” feature on the tool was collecting user data without the consent of the users! That’s a huge step that Piriform took, to be honest!

To make things worse, there was no way of disabling the feature. Those privacy-loving people would never become assured of the fact that CCleaner was collecting data without notification. In the previous versions, users were able to disable the sending of anonymous usage info to Piriform.

Another worsening factor is, closing the app wouldn’t kill the process. Instead, it would minimize to system tray and sit there. Without killing through Task Manager, it wasn’t possible. With a huge user base, you can easily imagine the situation – thousands of people getting raged over the new policy.

The fix

In the face of huge protest, Piriform had to take v5.45 down. Now, the latest version of CCleaner you can get is v5.44.

Hopefully, Piriform won’t do such thing in the future.

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