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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by zionic on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:42AM (#15275812)
Hardly. CCleaner can easily remove 5-6GB of junk.
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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by binarray2000 on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:30AM (#15276267)
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).

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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by XzetaU8 on Monday September 18, 2017 @11:02AM (#15276521)
> Disk Cleanup" removes stuff that CCleaner doesn't, so I use them together.

And vice versa if you use CCleaner combined with CCEnhancer[1]

[1]: https://singularlabs.com/software/ccenhancer/

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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by collinmanderson on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:25PM (#15278252)
"a few older versions as well" - It's been in every version since Windows 98 :)
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