Instead we go to the CCleaner 'Builds' page and download either the 'Slim' installer which does not contain any bundled offers, or the 'Portable' which does not need to be installed.

Most CCleaner 'regulars' do not use the 'Standard installer', or update from within the programme itself. TBH most browsers do this when you first install them, CCleaners browser is not unique in that respect.

This issue with the new CC browser 'hijacking' the file associations is just the latest consequence if you inadvertently download/install the browser. It can be a pain to remove these downloaded/installed offers if you aren't paying attention and leave the box(es) ticked when updating. We know that they are working on a new installer, but they haven't confirmed yet if that will still include pre-ticking as well. That made for an interesting thread on the forum, especially when it happened again but I caught it before it actually installed). (I once got an install of Avast that wasn't offered so there wasn't even a box to untick. We have been nagging them for years (well before Avast acquired them) about the pre-ticked offer boxes.Īnd there have in the past been other problems with bundleware being installed without the option even being shown. (Although I rarely use CCleaner these days, I wrote my own cleaner).

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