CCleaner isn't what it once was, since Avast bought Piriform (the company that owns CCleaner) it is now set to run constantly in the background and sends anonymous data to the company. The free version constantly nags you to buy the paid version and it was hacked a couple of years back, malware was added to the download. Luckily very few systems were actually affected, that we know of......... I mean we're giving a third party program/company access to our registry.
"What can I use instead?".
I'm glad you asked. Windows and whatever browser(s) you're using already has cleaning built in and all can be set up to run automatically. You can look them up.
Registry cleaning........ Not really the best of ideas. Every time the registry is entered to look at or make changes by a user, and/or recommended by Microsoft support or other help sites they list a very strong warning. Messing around in the registry can cause huge headaches if you or someone else gets one entry wrong or erases the wrong Key. Basically you can make your operating system inoperable, why would you (or I) let a third party program do it and "guess" which Keys are no longer needed? Besides these days we no longer need registry cleaners.
Nope, CCleaner and any other registry cleaner are no longer welcome on my systems.
"What can I use instead?".
I'm glad you asked. Windows and whatever browser(s) you're using already has cleaning built in and all can be set up to run automatically. You can look them up.
Registry cleaning........ Not really the best of ideas. Every time the registry is entered to look at or make changes by a user, and/or recommended by Microsoft support or other help sites they list a very strong warning. Messing around in the registry can cause huge headaches if you or someone else gets one entry wrong or erases the wrong Key. Basically you can make your operating system inoperable, why would you (or I) let a third party program do it and "guess" which Keys are no longer needed? Besides these days we no longer need registry cleaners.
Nope, CCleaner and any other registry cleaner are no longer welcome on my systems.