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Hate CCleaner !
It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and
will not let me drag it. Rant over. |
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Hate CCleaner !
Jackman wrote:
It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. More like "Non-descript derogatory blurb over ... for now." Why do you need a popup of CCleaner readily available but occupying screen realestate? I'm using the free version of CCleaner. There is no "poopup" in the lower right hand corner of the screen, so there's nothing there for me to drag [of something undefined from somewhere also undefined]. "Drag to drop [something] to commit [an undefined action]" must be part of their payware version. https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/cclean...ucing-ccleaner I saw no mention of a drag-n-drop container object into which you could drag files to delete them (if that's what that object does since you didn't say). I've never found anything of the payware version that I need or want. I don't even want the real-time monitoring in their payware version since that devolves to nagging about cleanup. Scheduled cleaning doesn't require a payware version: you can define an event in Task Scheduler that runs "ccleaner.exe /auto" (and the same for a shortcut to initiate a cleanup). I've never needed the auto-update feature since I prefer to schedule if and when I do updates to ANY software, including the OS, and only after preparing for the updates (by saving backup images). And now that Avast has degenerated CCleaner into adware (a tracking cookie that CCleaner will list but not delete, puking out ads when you run it, and bundling Avast in the CCleaner installer), I want automated updates even less. I'm sticking with version 5.40 which was released before Avast started modifying CCleaner into adware. Their Plus version has even less appeal: all the extra features are from their other free products (defrag - Defraggler, file recover - Recuva, hardware inventory - Speccy). As for support, I end up being my own sysadmin, and I can use peer support in their forums. |
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Hate CCleaner !
On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:48 -0700, Jackman
wrote: It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. Use BleachBit and/or Wise disk/registry cleaner. CCleaner is not trustworthy. Not since they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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Hate CCleaner !
Jackman wrote:
It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/disab...-popup-windows Paul |
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Hate CCleaner !
"Shadow" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:48 -0700, Jackman wrote: It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. Use BleachBit and/or Wise disk/registry cleaner. CCleaner is not trustworthy. Not since they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 What do you mean by "they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program"? |
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Hate CCleaner !
On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:09:05 -0400, "George" wrote:
"Shadow" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:48 -0700, Jackman wrote: It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. Use BleachBit and/or Wise disk/registry cleaner. CCleaner is not trustworthy. Not since they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program. []'s What do you mean by "they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program"? Old news https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2...s-malware.html Almost a year gone by and Avast has not pointed fingers at anyone. Maybe they're waiting for someone to die so they can use them as scapegoats. Please don't try to convince me that Avast was unable to detect who planted the malware. They have full access to both the Piriform and the Avast servers and all the logs. No security company is that incompetent. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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Hate CCleaner !
Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:09:05 -0400, "George" wrote: "Shadow" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:48 -0700, Jackman wrote: It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. Use BleachBit and/or Wise disk/registry cleaner. CCleaner is not trustworthy. Not since they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program. []'s What do you mean by "they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program"? Old news https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2...s-malware.html Almost a year gone by and Avast has not pointed fingers at anyone. Maybe they're waiting for someone to die so they can use them as scapegoats. Please don't try to convince me that Avast was unable to detect who planted the malware. They have full access to both the Piriform and the Avast servers and all the logs. No security company is that incompetent. []'s I've used Ccleaner for nearly 10 years with absolutely no problems. This on XP and Windows 7. |
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Hate CCleaner !
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:35:58 +0100, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote: Shadow wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:09:05 -0400, "George" wrote: "Shadow" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:48 -0700, Jackman wrote: It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. Use BleachBit and/or Wise disk/registry cleaner. CCleaner is not trustworthy. Not since they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program. []'s What do you mean by "they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program"? Old news https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2...s-malware.html Almost a year gone by and Avast has not pointed fingers at anyone. Maybe they're waiting for someone to die so they can use them as scapegoats. Please don't try to convince me that Avast was unable to detect who planted the malware. They have full access to both the Piriform and the Avast servers and all the logs. No security company is that incompetent. []'s I've used Ccleaner for nearly 10 years with absolutely no problems. This on XP and Windows 7. Lucky you. You missed the trojan version(s). 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 ? Lucky, lucky you. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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Hate CCleaner !
Shadow wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:35:58 +0100, "Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote: Shadow wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:09:05 -0400, "George" wrote: "Shadow" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:48 -0700, Jackman wrote: It locks the poopup in the lower right hand corner of the screen and will not let me drag it. Rant over. Use BleachBit and/or Wise disk/registry cleaner. CCleaner is not trustworthy. Not since they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program. []'s What do you mean by "they deliberately loaded a trojan in the program"? Old news https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2...s-malware.html Almost a year gone by and Avast has not pointed fingers at anyone. Maybe they're waiting for someone to die so they can use them as scapegoats. Please don't try to convince me that Avast was unable to detect who planted the malware. They have full access to both the Piriform and the Avast servers and all the logs. No security company is that incompetent. []'s I've used Ccleaner for nearly 10 years with absolutely no problems. This on XP and Windows 7. Lucky you. You missed the trojan version(s). Seems so. 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. But, and it is a big but, I don't use Avast as AV. |
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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.// CCleaner, AKA Crap Cleaner is now worse than the crap it was designed to remove ..... 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 -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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Hate CCleaner !
On 01/08/2018 17:36:02, 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.// CCleaner, AKA Crap Cleaner is now worse than the crap it was designed to remove ..... 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 Learn to use your software before moaning :-) Untick the Active Monitoring box BUT also go to the Tools\Startup Windows tab and disable or delete the CCleaner Monitoring entry. That entry may come back with the next update so you will have to repeat, but at least it will be gone for now. Start up entries are just that, they start every time you boot the computer. Most of them in your windows list are not needed and slow the boot time down. -- mick |
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Hate CCleaner !
I unchecked mine rebooted the computer and it didnot come back
to get the C out of the task tray go to options then settings and uncheck the Show CCeaner in the windows Notification Area -- AL'S COMPUTERS "mick" wrote in message ... On 01/08/2018 17:36:02, 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.// CCleaner, AKA Crap Cleaner is now worse than the crap it was designed to remove ..... 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 Learn to use your software before moaning :-) Untick the Active Monitoring box BUT also go to the Tools\Startup Windows tab and disable or delete the CCleaner Monitoring entry. That entry may come back with the next update so you will have to repeat, but at least it will be gone for now. Start up entries are just that, they start every time you boot the computer. Most of them in your windows list are not needed and slow the boot time down. -- mick |
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Hate CCleaner !
In message , Andy
writes: I unchecked mine rebooted the computer and it didnot come back to get the C out of the task tray go to options then settings and uncheck the Show CCeaner in the windows Notification Area -- (If you must top-post, it's better not to use the proper "-- " line above. Which is _normally_ a good idea.) AL'S COMPUTERS Is he (-:! "mick" wrote in message ... [] Untick the Active Monitoring box BUT also go to the Tools\Startup Windows tab and disable or delete the CCleaner Monitoring entry. That entry may come back with the next update so you will have to repeat, but at least it will be gone for now. Start up entries are just that, they start every time you boot the computer. Most of them in your windows list are not needed and slow the boot time down. -- mick Just "uncheck[ing] the Show CCeaner in the windows Notification Area" isn't disabling or deleting any activity: it just stops the reminder that it's happening. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Veni Vidi Vacuum [I came, I saw, It sucked] - , 1998 |
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Hate CCleaner !
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 :-( |
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Hate CCleaner !
Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
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 :-( BTW - respects to Shadow. |
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