jackuars Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCandy The list shows CCleaner to have the advertising program OpenCandy. Is it true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It seems well below the accuracy one hopes for at Wikepedia. They name too many products to count on one screen. Out of the first 30 items only 2 bear the mark "verified" and 1 says "according to terms of use" so presumably 27 are mere hearsay allegations. The only CCleaner reference is CCleaner (the 'slim version' without Yahoo Toolbar can be found under "Builds page" section) so according to hearsay you get the problem only with the slim version. Surely if the Slim Version gave Piriform advertising revenue then the slim version would be the first to be released, not the last. You MAY interpret their statement as intending to exclude the slim version from the stigma, in which case they have failed to exclude the Portable version of CCleaner. Summary :- speculative hearsay - badly researched - badly expressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 14, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 14, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCandy The list shows CCleaner to have the advertising program OpenCandy. Is it true? Don't think so, they offer Google products! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted December 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2011 I suspect that this is old information (if it were ever true) that was back when Yahoo was offered. Instead now,as Andavari stated, Piriform bundls google products ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2011 You all know you can thwart Open Candy rather easily, just stop outbound connections via a firewall software with outbound filtering, or temporarily disconnect from the web and it won't even pop up offering anything at all making it a forgone conclusion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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