CCleaner (/ˈsiːˌkliːnər/; originally Crap Cleaner), developed by Piriform Software, is a utility used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows...
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Piriform Software (redirect from CCleaner Browser)
operating systems, including CCleaner, CCleaner Browser, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy. On 22 September 2015, Piriform launched CCleaner Cloud, a tool to maintain...
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Watering hole attack (section 2017 CCleaner attack)
September 2017, the installation binary of CCleaner distributed by the vendor's download servers included malware. CCleaner is a popular tool used to clean potentially...
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was the developer of CCleaner. Shortly afterwards it was disclosed that someone may have created a malicious version of CCleaner with a backdoor for hackers...
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new data over a deleted file then recovery will often not be possible. CCleaner Data remanence List of data recovery software "Download Recuva". FileHippo...
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2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017. "Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner and Recuva". BleepingComputer. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017...
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"Speccy is a handy, portable system information tool from the makers of CCleaner". Download Squad. Huffington Post. Archived from the original on December...
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includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. On October 9, 2014, Symantec declared it would split into two independent...
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with an educational license. (See: Microsoft Imagine.) Some apps, like CCleaner, are free for personal use only. Limited use time: Most free-to-play games...
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2017 AVG acquired Piriform Software, a UK-based company that developed CCleaner, a cleanup utility with 130 million installations. AVG develops and markets...
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