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Microsoft flags CCleaner as Potentially Unwanted Application, deletes its files
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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 897047" data-attributes="member: 83059"><p>I’m really just asking, does CCleaner intentionally make the OS less stable? Sure bundling software as part of deals is annoying. As is a stock Windows 10 install repeatedly giving Skype advertising notifications until you uninstall it.</p><p></p><p>I really don’t know much about CCleaner but it sounds like we all generally don’t like it. And if so, sure, good riddance.</p><p></p><p>But still, if turning on PUA detection results in this software basically being treated as a virus and auto-quarantined, that is still heavy handed for things that aren’t squarely in the category of ad-ware or scams. Kaspersky, ESET, and others have PUA detection but PUAs trigger a prompt, they don’t default to being deleted/quarantined on sight.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day I don’t have much of a stance on CCleaner itself, I just feel like this definition of PUA and using a default-bundled AV in this way is the start of a dangerous precedence, the only saving grace is that it’s not on by default.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 897047, member: 83059"] I’m really just asking, does CCleaner intentionally make the OS less stable? Sure bundling software as part of deals is annoying. As is a stock Windows 10 install repeatedly giving Skype advertising notifications until you uninstall it. I really don’t know much about CCleaner but it sounds like we all generally don’t like it. And if so, sure, good riddance. But still, if turning on PUA detection results in this software basically being treated as a virus and auto-quarantined, that is still heavy handed for things that aren’t squarely in the category of ad-ware or scams. Kaspersky, ESET, and others have PUA detection but PUAs trigger a prompt, they don’t default to being deleted/quarantined on sight. At the end of the day I don’t have much of a stance on CCleaner itself, I just feel like this definition of PUA and using a default-bundled AV in this way is the start of a dangerous precedence, the only saving grace is that it’s not on by default. [/QUOTE]
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