bbrigg Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The new version's active monitoring and the fact that control to turn it off deliberately does not work is completely unacceptable. I neither want nor need active monitoring so this is nothing but spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted July 31, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 31, 2018 Fwiw the devs have said they hear our pain and will release 'a fix' in a few weeks. 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...
Hmm Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 6 hours ago, Nergal said: Fwiw the devs have said they hear our pain and will release 'a fix' in a few weeks. Too little too late. The trust factor is gone. Whomever (manager) agreed to implement such a feature should be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashame Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I agree - plus the stupidity of not being able to close it from the system tray is weird. I uninstalled it, went back a version and blocked it from calling home in Windows Firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 1, 2018 Moderators Share Posted August 1, 2018 21 hours ago, suchashame said: blocked it from calling home in Windows Firewall. Here's instructions on how to block an app in Windows Firewall:https://www.howtogeek.com/227093/how-to-block-an-application-from-accessing-the-internet-with-windows-firewall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashame Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 19 minutes ago, Andavari said: Here's instructions on how to block an app in Windows Firewall:https://www.howtogeek.com/227093/how-to-block-an-application-from-accessing-the-internet-with-windows-firewall/ Why did you post this quoting my post? I know how to block things in Windows Firewall - didn't I say - I have blocked it - not how do you block it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 1, 2018 Moderators Share Posted August 1, 2018 It was for people who don't know how to block an app with an outgoing connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgeh Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Same here. I paid for that crap-cleaner stuff and now it's being mutated to spyware. Never again, sorry Avast. Even if you patch that telemetry garbage out of your code in a future release, the trust factor is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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