Anyone familiar with this part of CCleaner and is it safe to use?? I have used the CCleaner "Issues section" to clean my registry; using the default settings when the program is installed, too many times to count over the years, and have never experienced any problems. You can also use it to remove unused, temporary and other junk files from your system. Side Note : If you're still unsure, use the registry backup feature.
Whenever you use the CCleaner "Issues" section to clean the registry; prior to performing the actual cleaning process, the program offers to "option" to backup the previous registry.
The CCleaner backup process takes about 5 seconds to complete and can save you hours of trouble should something go wrong.
Until you're comfortable using the CCleaner program; I'd suggest always using this backup option; just in case something goes wrong after the cleaning - so that you can easily restore the previous settings. Good Luck. I've also used CCleaner for years. I also opt for the "backup option", when asked. Touch wood, I've never had to restore the changes to my Registry that CC saves. Great, I feel alot better about using it now.
If you are afraid to do all the changes I know I was the first time I ran it , then only check the first page and tell it to clean that. It will always offer to save a backup. Progress collects the Personal Information set out in our Privacy Policy and Privacy Policy for California Residents and uses it for the purposes stated in that policy.
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Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Previous Next. It can do more damage than what it is supposed to fix. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thank You In my view, CCleaner is an excellent program, and it good to use as long as you don't use it's registry cleaner.
Patrick Barker. I would not under any circumstances recommend cleaning the registry. The registry debate is a long and gruesome one Clearing your browser's cache and cookies every week? Great, no harm there. Running your favorite registry cleaner every week? This included a feature called "Active Monitoring," a fairly standard feature that collects anonymized information about your system.
You could disable it to turn the feature offor could you? As it turns out, if you disabled Active Monitoring in CCleaner, the software automatically re-enabled it after you rebooted or reopened CCleaner. This is extremely suspicious behavior. Though Piriform has backpedaled on it by pulling version 5.
Additionally, that version of CCleaner was much harder to quit. When you clicked the X to close the software, it instead minimized to your System Tray. If you right-clicked its icon, there was no option to exit CCleaner. This means you had to close it using the Task Manager, which novice users might not know how to do. Thus, CCleaner now ran constantly in the background, collecting data for Avast. This is despite most people only opening CCleaner when needed, and requesting to not have this information collected.
Prior to this, Piriform discovered that CCleaner was hacked and distributed malware. The bit version was infected with a Trojan that collected information about systems it was installed on. It also had the capability to run code on affected systems. Thankfully, the company caught it before a widespread attack could happen.
But it's pretty embarrassing that a top-tier security company like Avast had such an embarrassing slip-up. Since its acquisition by Avast, CCleaner also shows pop-ups harassing you to upgrade to the paid version which has an automatic cleaning feature. And installing CCleaner sometimes shows an offer to install Avast, which you must uncheck to avoid. With all this combined, enough is enough. If you've had your fill of this obnoxious and shady behavior, it's time to say goodbye to CCleaner.
The first step is removing CCleaner from your computer.
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