Avast acquires Piriform, makers of CCleaner

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    Avast acquires Piriform, makers of CCleaner


    Posted: 19 Jul 2017
    Avast just announced that the company has acquired the software company Piriform, best known for the software program CCleaner for Windows.

    Piriform's flagship product is CCleaner, a temporary file cleaner and traces remover for Windows. The company has created other respectable programs such as Speccy, a hardware inventory software, Defraggler, a file defragmentation program, and Recuva, a file recovery application.

    The company started out as a producer of high quality Windows programs, but has created an Android and Mac OS X version of CCleaner in the past to branch out to other platforms.

    According to Avast's announcement, CCleaner is used by 130 million users of which 15 million are using the Android version of the application.
    https://www.ghacks.net/2017/07/19/av...s-of-ccleaner/
    lehnerus2000's Avatar Posted By: lehnerus2000
    19 Jul 2017



  1. Posts : 1,797
    Win 7 Ultimate, Win 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon (All 64-Bit)
       #1

    I hope they don't incorporate it into their Internet Security suite then kill the standalone product. That would be a real shame, as it's always been a great piece of software.
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  2. Posts : 233
    Windows 7 Home 64-bit
       #2

    Is it me or was "Complete Cleaning" offered for free?
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #3

    Well we all need to be watchful.

    I fears are that Avast will screw up Ccleaner and Piriform other products.
    Many formally anti virus program companies keep adding things to their anti virus programs and all we want is a quality anti virus program.
    For me, if I want added programs I will chose which ones and when.

    Jack
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  4. Posts : 7,050
    Windows 10 Pro
       #4

    If this goes south, bye bye Ccleaner and Speccy.
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  5. Posts : 1,052
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #5

    axe0 said:
    If this goes south, bye bye Ccleaner and Speccy.
    Yep, I use both too.
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  6. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #6

    Sky Ranch said:
    Is it me or was "Complete Cleaning" offered for free?
    Yes, it was. Fortunately, I no longer need complete cleaning since I no longer have HDDs and can use Secure Erase to clean my SSDs if ever needed. Leave it to Avast to take a program and further screw it up. I hope they don't screw up Speccy!
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  7. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #7

    Layback Bear said:
    Well we all need to be watchful.

    I fears are that Avast will screw up Ccleaner and Piriform other products.
    Many formally anti virus program companies keep adding things to their anti virus programs and all we want is a quality anti virus program.
    For me, if I want added programs I will chose which ones and when.

    Jack
    What our friendly, neighborhood bear said!
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  8. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #8

    Hi,
    I've never needed anything more than tfc oldie but a keeper :)
    TFC - Temp File Cleaner by OldTimer Download - Geeks to Go Forum
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  9. Posts : 1,797
    Win 7 Ultimate, Win 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon (All 64-Bit)
       #9

    Layback Bear said:
    Well we all need to be watchful.

    I fears are that Avast will screw up Ccleaner and Piriform other products.
    Many formally anti virus program companies keep adding things to their anti virus programs and all we want is a quality anti virus program.
    For me, if I want added programs I will chose which ones and when.

    Jack
    I really hate how they keep trying to make these all-in-one solutions!
    I just want the Anti-virus! No browser plugins, no software updaters, no disk cleaners (at least not theirs anyway).

    I uncheck every piece of junk that they try and install with it. I don't need all the added garbage.

    I'll be keeping hold of my old CCleaner installers as I can see this being retired in future, despite what Avast promises!
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