Don't install or upgrade to CCleaner 5.45
Thursday, August 2, 2018 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
I was perusing ghacks when I found this article.
Since so many of us use the app, I thought you should read Martin Brinkmann's advice.
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Reply #22 Sunday, August 12, 2018 7:29 PM
Downgrade it to whatever version (afterdawn.com or filehippo should have older versions) then install ccenhancer or do what neophil said or just stay of the web 
Reply #24 Monday, August 13, 2018 12:29 AM
Swapped out CC for GU here as well. I had used GU a number of years ago, not sure why I abandoned it then. Seems to do everything CC (free) could do.
May give WiseCleaner a spin, too.
Reply #25 Monday, August 13, 2018 8:33 AM
I did notice one thing. Boot up time went from 42 seconds to 21 seconds. Cut it in half after running Wise Cleaner.
Reply #27 Monday, August 13, 2018 4:10 PM
When I started my computer this morning I got a message saying that CCleaner could not run in my location!!!!
Reply #28 Monday, August 13, 2018 6:51 PM
Check which version you have. That happened to me with version 5.45. The actual update version is 5.44 at the piriform website. The version I had came from CNET.
Reply #31 Tuesday, August 14, 2018 9:39 PM
I've not had any issues with the location thing, but then I have all notices and updates turned off to prevent any kind of tracking, etc. I have 5.44, but am looking into Wise Cleaner as a replacement to CCleaner as I no longer trust the program.
Reply #32 Wednesday, August 15, 2018 7:35 AM
Give Wise Cleaner a shot. The freebie is called Wise Cleaner 365. It does a lot more than CCleaner. I have it and it reduced my boot up time to nearly half.
Reply #33 Friday, August 17, 2018 10:32 AM
Well I've given Wise Care 360 a go and gave CCleaner the flick. Yup, I'm so impressed with Wise Care 360 that I purchased the pro version to cover 3 machines for just 30 Aussie bucks. Not bad, eh? And yes, it does more than CCleaner... even the free version.
Reply #35 Friday, August 17, 2018 11:16 PM
Have installed wise 365 free version to try. Seems to do more than CCleaner which I have been using for years.
Will keep trying for a while and will probably update to the pro version as it appears there is a lot more it can do.
Reply #36 Saturday, August 18, 2018 2:16 AM
Have installed wise 365 free version to try. Seems to do more than CCleaner which I have been using for years.
Will keep trying for a while and will probably update to the pro version as it appears there is a lot more it can do.
Yeah, the pro version is worth the money... 30 bucks for 3 machines, can't go past that... but get in quick to get it at that price.
Reply #37 Saturday, August 18, 2018 4:37 AM
Just tried Wise 365 free. Wow, I'm impressed - it knocks CCleaner Pro into touch!
Reply #38 Saturday, August 18, 2018 4:53 AM
Have installed wise 365 free version to try. Seems to do more than CCleaner which I have been using for years.
Will keep trying for a while and will probably update to the pro version as it appears there is a lot more it can do.
Yeah, the pro version is worth the money... 30 bucks for 3 machines, can't go past that... but get in quick to get it at that price.
Hi Starkers
Did you do the one year or lifetime upgrade
Reply #40 Saturday, August 18, 2018 7:43 PM
Hi Starkers
Did you do the one year or lifetime upgrade
The deal was for 3 machines for 1 year, though I think it still runs after that, just no updates, etc.
This is what I was looking at
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Reply #21 Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:02 PM
When I had CCleaner open before I upgraded I clicked on check for updates on the bottom right. That took me to, blankety blank...CNET, not piriform's website. SOB! Version 5.45 seems to me to be somebody's addition to 5.44. Data mining perhaps, by Avast A/V perhaps. The anti spy spy. Lol
I did dl wise cleaner and installed it after uninstalling CCleaner. It did a deeper clean than CCleaner, taking out 1.6 gigs of totally useless junk. It cleaned out WinSxS where CCleaner didn't. That accounted for most of it. Only thing is when I used CCleaner it cleaned out all of my browser history so I had to log in at WC. Didn't happen this time, I was still logged in. Haven't checked other sites I go to yet.