ĭoes not clean Windows Defender’s scan history, the MRUs of Microsoft Office, and most recently used documents and other MRU files of Windows Explorer anymore.” Won’t delete browsing session data anymore by default. The second major change of CCleaner 5.36 changes some of the program’s default cleaning rules. The task is set to run on system start, and once a day as well. Piriform push out updates to the program to user machines even if only the free version of CCleaner is installed on these machines. Įmergency Updater is a new feature of CCleaner that comes with its own executable file - CCUpdate.exe - and a new scheduled task called CCleaner Updater. “The new version ships with two major changes, namely a new Emergency Updater feature, and new default cleaning rules for some programs. In a break with its past behavior, the free version of CCleaner is apparently connecting daily to Piriform and receiving automatic software updates now.įor users of the program who want to decide their own updating schedule for it, especially after its recent malware troubles, this info is good to know.Īpparently you can disable the updating task in the Task Scheduler, and using the portable version might be a safer route if you want to avoid auto-updating - see the article for more details.

FYI – from an article I saw on Martin Brinkmann’s site:

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