CCleaner Browser should be on that list and you can select it to uninstall it from the system. On Windows 10, you'd use Windows-I to open the Settings application, and select Apps to display the list of installed programs. The second option affects file associations on the system if left enabled.ĬCleaner users who found CCleaner Browser installed on their devices may remove it just like any other application. The CCleaner Browser offer includes two options: the first installs the browser, the second makes it the default. The installation option is checked by default and the listed program will be installed if the user does not uncheck the third-party offer box or boxes provided during setup. It is possible that Piriform pulled the offer for the meantime or that it is only offered at times to users. The installer included an offer to install Avast Free Antivirus once but no other offers. ![]() The file extensions were associated with "CCleaner HTML Document" on affected systems instead of the previous application.Ī quick test with the CCleaner 5.60 installer came up short. The offer to install CCleaner Browser seems to have been integrated in version 5.59 of the application Piriform released version 5.60 recently.Ī user noticed that file associations were changed on the system after the installation of CCleaner, and discovered that CCleaner Browser was suddenly installed on the device and that the program had taken over file associations. The offers are checked by default and if the user does not pay attention to the installation prompt, I call them next next next users, may inadvertently install these third-party programs on their devices. So, it may now be the case that if you go to install CCleaner while running Microsoft Defender, you’re no longer warned against proceeding, assuming the security app is indeed updated as CCleaner asserts.CCleaner bundles third-party offers - technically not all offers are third-party as you find Avast Browser, Avast is the parent company of Piriform which develops CCleaner, and not also CCleaner Browser, another first-party project, among the offers - with the installer of the application.ĬCleaner users who upgrade the software or install it anew using the full installer may get these offers. We surmise the issue appears to be around bundling, and we believe we have addressed this so that our product is now no longer flagged.” Often, these matters are down to the way the options to opt out are presented.Īt any rate, according to a statement just released by CCleaner, the firm believes that the issue has been resolved.Ī CCleaner spokesperson told us: “We are in the process of engaging with Microsoft to understand why CCleaner was recently detected as PUA. The company observes that while the CCleaner installation process does provide a way to opt out of putting these extras on your PC, as you would expect, the judgment is that “some users can easily inadvertently install these bundled applications”. ![]() Microsoft further stresses that those bundled apps are perfectly fine and not in any way malicious, of course, but it’s the way that they are offered for installation which is problematic. Those bundled apps include Google Chrome browser, Google Toolbar, and Avast Free Antivirus plus AVG Antivirus Free (note that Piriform is now owned by Avast, which also owns AVG too).
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