It currently has no third party software, cleans much more than CCleaner and has never harmed any computers I ran it on. Due to their recent changes we have moved on to Wise Disk Cleaner and suggest you do the same. Of course we have always lauded CCleaner but mostly because it’s a conservative cleaning tool and a Bundleware free Slim version was available. The portable version is still there and it does refer to “Builds Below” on their download page so maybe they just pulled it for the 5 days? All direct file links also no longer work. We didn’t think much of it until today when it was pointed out that the Slim link no longer works. While I don’t begrudge someone making money, I am not a fan of a program that is supposed to clean your hard drive, registry and start-up while trying to add the exact same thing.Ī couple of weeks ago we received an electronic cease and desist letter from them about hosting their files. As of today, the Slim version is no longer listed on their website so you will need to dodge their attempts to bundle other software with their Standard download. Not too long ago they added third party software (Bundleware) to their programs but you could wait 5 days and get the Slim version. Only time we ever heard from the guy (I mean Piriform) was for a cease and desist. Was it a response to this article? I’ll never know. Oddly enough another first, the download for Slim re-appeared with the new version the next day. This time the Slim version was not available for download at all and that has never happened. 10+ years maybe? There’s a system: Standard and Portable get released and the Slim version remains available one version back for exactly 5 days. For those who commentedc below and didn’t understand why this was written, here’s why We have been listing CCleaner for as long as I remember. Update: Within 24 hours, they have put the new version of Slim up for download. We have seen a handful of companies get greedy or try to get themselves ready for sale over the years and it usually starts the same way – by not wanting websites to host their files, essentially giving up free publicity and often millions of downloads.
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