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Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner -- one of the most popular system cleaners on desktop and mobile. Founded out of London in 2004, Piriform is ...

Refuge, which is the UK’s largest provider of shelters for domestic abuse victims, says the problem is growing (Getty/iStock) More than two million people used an extremely popular software cleaning ...

Active monitoring makes it possible for CCleaner to monitor your PC so you don’t have to be concerned about computer maintenance. It usually works in the background by checking for program updates.

It’s an accepted axiom that there’s an inverse relationship between security and convenience when it comes to computing. To wit, a great many of the operating system features and applications most of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform Ltd's free software that optimises computer performance last month, potentially allowing them to control the devices of millions ...

Why it matters: Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so, you'll probably notice that Windows Defender is now flagging the junk file remover as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) after ...

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