Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
by jmkni on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:32AM
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Doesn't Windows 10 basically do this itself?
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The latest Win 10 has a new setting that vaguely indicates it will look for and delete temporary files automatically. On my machine it was not turned on by default.
No idea how much it gets vs. leaves behind and since turning on it hasn't thrown up any obvious notifications lauding itself.
This is on a secondary machine. My primary machine isn't Windows.
Hardly. CCleaner can easily remove 5-6GB of junk.
Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
by binarray2000 on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:30AM
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I use CCleaner for maybe even 10 years, a great tool.
But Windows 10 (a few older versions as well, but somewhat hidden) has something similar called "Disk Cleanup" (Win key > enter "Disk Cleanup" > "Clean up system files" > Check all marks). "Disk Cleanup" removes stuff that CCleaner doesn't, so I use them together.
You can even remove system restore and shadow copies (Win key > enter "Disk Cleanup" > "Clean up system files" > "More Options" tab > "System Restore and Shadow Copies" > "Clean up" button).
> Disk Cleanup" removes stuff that CCleaner doesn't, so I use them together.
And vice versa if you use CCleaner combined with CCEnhancer[1]
Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
by collinmanderson on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:25PM
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"a few older versions as well" - It's been in every version since Windows 98 :)
Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
by happy-go-lucky on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:23PM
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You're asking for too much!