CCleaner
by Piriform
What is CCleaner?
CCleaner is software application developed by Piriform. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 44.25% of installations running this operating system. CCleaner's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 71 files. The most common release is 3.28 with 0.19% of all installations currently using this version.
CCleaner is most popular in the United States with 30.39% of installations residing in this country.
CCleaner adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, CCleaner is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
About CCleaner?
CCleaner, developed by Piriform, is a powerful utility program designed to clean unnecessary files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. It supports the removal of temporary files left by specific programs, browsing history, cookies, recycle bin contents, memory dumps, file fragments, log files, system caches, application data, and more. Additionally, CCleaner includes a registry cleaner to identify and address issues in the Windows registry, such as missing references to shared DLLs, unused registration entries for file extensions, and missing references to application paths.
Software Behaviors
- Firewall:
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- CCleaner.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- CCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{61B39D67-FD4D-4257-9EA2-57B1E241F0A3}' (runs on registration).
- CCUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'CCleaner Update' (runs daily at 21.55).
- CCleaner64.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D50F7AD8-A07D-463C-A310-DCC0A9AB6A8B}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- CCleaner.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
- CCUpdate.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named CCleaner Update.
- Registry entries:
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- CCleaner.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CCleaner' and executes as "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /AUTO.
- CCleaner64.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CCleaner Monitoring' and executes as "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe" /MONITOR.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\ccleaner
- Uninstaller:
- "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe"
- Size:
- 2.00 MB
- Language:
- English
CCleaner Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- CCleaner.exe
- Name:
- CCleaner
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\ccleaner\CCleaner.exe
- MD5:
- –
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
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DLL
|
9f75521fdf6ea064eb3473a8b44ad8be | |
|
DLL
|
8f1fcc3ce2e16fdf954e741ea446905d | |
|
DLL
|
f5b00243777354048cd5c7cee98eb598 | |
|
DLL
|
e59c8eb9ead3c3c2886e6b7b11c21666 | |
|
DLL
|
12e4acc9d15d7b58d1dec35dad55dacd | |
|
EXE
|
77b6c596cbdaf96bb4b24097bd9b70a3 | |
|
DLL
|
60f946d8b2ef78a9739636383d6b2253 | |
|
DLL
|
c044c9c7c4f3f0a338eaebe92e064ed6 | |
|
EXE
|
9e26bae7bfb9d2fedaefcbd54ec40bbc | |
|
EXE
|
600affac717e2cb6d9bd96af048b11ca |