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Old September 21st 18, 08:54 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default CCleaner Is Silently Updating Users Who Turned Off Automatic Updates

FredW wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:14:38 +0200, "s|b" wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:36:00 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:

I'm sure this How-to Geek article won't change the minds of CCleaner
lovers, but here it is:

https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/cclean...pdating-users-
who-turned-off-automatic-updates/


No silent updates on my end...



My 5.40 portable (!) tried to phone home (never done before).
It showed in my firewall (asking permission) and I blocked.
End of CCleaner for me.


Yeah, mine phoned home too.
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