CCleaner

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:
  • CCleaner.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • 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:
  • 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:
  • 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:
Files installed by CCleaner
File Type Filename MD5
OCX
de2fe3b2c020e35ca81af2cee77c05df
EXE
1c91033ceeb402948ae6a904af2de2bc
EXE
daeb5737b36eb8d139ff8bb1cf693026
DLL
d4a398d38f1223540db387c050fc3d06
OCX
24919dac623f5feacca1a9fb530a9050
OCX
6674d75fa520b7f1994d50d8bb9dd387
DLL
e5887f16163341dcfc048727d35a5bed
DLL
d99b3fc1b9deb3dbae3ee0ebfd4bb5c9
OCX
b7d8f75cd75a99ce657a10a700c1fd3f
OCX
874b009293f3e836c0b27d6ea29b7da3