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A question about the CCleaner (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello world! It's me again with a question!

So, I remember back in the days of WinXP and Vista when we had the CCleaner or CCCleaner. I recently watched a YouTube video about some guy stating that it is so good and the best thing you can use today.

If I recall correctly, didn’t they get compromised like 7 times already and switched owners a couple of times?

Same guy talked about NordVPN being so cool and stuff but a friend of mine found some software of them on his server, I don’t remember what kind, probably some tracker or adware, and since the incident happened around the time everyone started to get sponsored by them, I don’t really trust VPNs.

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[+] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] ExtraMedicated 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Know any decent alternatives? I use ccleaner occasionally only to quickly clear out unused and temporary files.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m not going to use it. I used it once back in the days, but never since because it fucked up everything. It’s just, I paid for a cyber security course that’s all about how you can be safe, and then they throw NordVPN and CCleaner onto you in 2023 and I just… I’ve learned a lot about networking and security in this course and then that?