Shadow wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:11:53 +0100, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:

Though I read somewhere that ALL recent versions are malware
(adware is malware).

https://forum.piriform.com/topic/520...leaner-pop-up/

Let me guess, you didn't install those either ?

You guessed correctly sir.


Lucky, lucky you.
[]'s

It had to happen sometime.

An update:

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/01/cc...-dont-install/

//It is nearly impossible to disable the monitoring part of CCleaner
(Active Monitoring), and there are not any privacy settings anymore in
the free version of the program.
While you may go to Options Monitoring to disable "Enable system
monitoring" and "Enable Active Monitoring" there, you will notice that
the monitoring turns itself on again on the next start.//

"Enable system monitoring" is turned off by default here and does not turn
back on after a re-start.

CCleaner, AKA Crap Cleaner is now worse than the crap it was designed
to remove .....

Yes, I do remember Crap Cleaner.

But, and it is a big but, I don't use Avast as AV.

I don't use ANY resident AV. Nobody would if they read and
understood the TOS.
[]'s

I've had AVG for too many years and the only problem I've ever had with it
was when it did not like youtube too very much. It took me ages to sort that
out :-(