Built-in Windows tools replaced CCleaner for me.

According to its parent company Avast, more than 130 million people use the performance optimization software CCleaner. And today all of those people need to be sure they’ve installed the latest ...

Windows is a gunk magnet: The more you use it, the more it gets bogged down with the digital equivalent of dust bunnies. Fortunately, it's easy enough to clear out all that performance-sapping ...

Windows only: One of our favorite PC cleansers CCleaner (which stands for "Crap Cleaner") saw an upgrade this week. Since the last time we mentioned CCleaner several new versions have come out; this ...

After a few years, it's normal for your PC to start slowing down. All those half-downloaded files and old drivers can really bog down performance. However, just because your computer is slowing down ...

CCleaner wiped the surface. This went digging.

If you’re a level 20 PC nerd, you’ll go to extreme lengths to improve system performance. And if you have budget to spare, you’ll probably first turn to hardware upgrades—an almost surefire way to get ...

Hackers modified versions of the Avast-owned CCleaner software to infect potentially millions of PCs with a backdoor. The so-called supply chain attack targeting CCleaner users was discovered by ...