When it comes to cleaning temporary files in Windows, the first program that comes to the mind of most computer users is the popular CCleaner by Pirisoft. There is an abundance of alternatives, of which I have reviewed more than a dozen over the years. Among them nCleaner, ACleaner and Browser Cleaner. AppCleaner is a [...]

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CCleaner is without doubt one of the most popular Windows system maintenance tools. It is not just one single feature that makes the application that popular, more a combination of several features. It is effective when it comes to cleaning temporary files, updated regularly to support new applications or software versions, and offered as a [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Internet Explorer

The popular temporary file cleaner CCleaner has just been updated by the developing company Piriform. The latest iteration of CCleaner brings support for the first Windows 7 Service Pack, Internet Explorer user data cleaning, management and more. The program is still provided as a portable version and installer, which both offer the same features and [...]

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Cleaning temporary files on the system regularly does not only increase one’s privacy, it also removes unnecessary files from the system to free up disk space. Privacy becomes more important these days while disk space should not play such a big role anymore, right? With 2 Terabyte hard drives and such. Then again, Solid State [...]

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When you surf the web you leave traces behind, both remotely but also locally. While you do not have options to remove traces remotely other than obfuscating them by using proxy servers, vpn connections or other methods of that kind, you do have more options to deal with traces on the local computer system. What [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

When it comes to cleaning temporary files in Windows, the tool of choice for many is Crap Cleaner, better known as CCleaner. CCleaner came just out in a new version, and every other program of that sort has to stand the comparison to it. ClearProg is a CCleaner alternative for Windows. The program is available [...]

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Many programs and system services save temporary data on the hard drive. A few popular examples are Internet browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, Office programs like Word or Excel, Windows Explorer or pdf readers. Besides filling the hard drive with unnecessary files, those temporary files may also leak private information to [...]

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CCleaner is usually the recommendation when it comes to deleting those pesky temporary files that the operating system and programs collect all the time. The software is highly customizable and supports a wide variety of programs and locations that can be deleted with it.

Categories: Software, Windows

CCleaner is one of the applications that most experienced computer users have sitting on their hard drive. The program is a very effective and customizable temporary file cleaner for the Windows operating system. The developers add new features to the program on a regular basis. The newest version of CCleaner, which was just released, adds [...]

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