Re: CCleaner has become payware?

On 12/06/2024 18:04, VanguardLH wrote:
> occam <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/06/2024 13:31, VanguardLH wrote:
>>> occam <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/06/2024 19:47, Allan Higdon wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:20:15 -0500, occam <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Until recently there were two versions of CCleaner - a free version and
>>>>>> a Professional (paid for) version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, when I run CCleaner (light version, x64 portable) the program
>>>>>> analyses the data using 'Custom Clean' but I cannot proceed to clean the
>>>>>> 'crap'. I get redirected to a page where I am forced to accept a 30-day
>>>>>> enhanced usage (by submitting my Visa details etc).  Else, I am forced
>>>>>> to exit the program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is no longer just 'nagware'. It is 'bullyware'. Has anyone found a
>>>>>> way around this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The latest Free Portable version is still available here.
>>>>> https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds
>>>>>
>>>>> Download
>>>>> https://download.ccleaner.com/portable/ccsetup624.zip
>>>>>
>>>>> I only extract the CCleaner64.exe file.
>>>>> For the Portable version, the portable.dat file is also needed.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. I re-downloaded it and 'installed' it as portable.
>>>>
>>>> Same thing. When I 'Run Cleaner' I get redirected to a page where I am
>>>> asked to accept a free 30-day update to the advanced version. The only
>>>> other option is to exit the program.
>>>>
>>>> Is no one else is seeing this?
>>>
>>> Screenshot please.  Upload (e.g., imgur, imgbb, postimages, etc), and
>>> give the URL to it so we can see what you see.  Nope, I don't see it,
>>> but you probably have a later version than I.
>>>
>>> If there is no "X", "Close", or other element on which to click to
>>> dismiss the ad prompt, and you cannot click in CCleaner to change focus,
>>> have you tried hitting the Esc key?
>>
>> There is an 'X' on top right corner. Closing it brings you back to the
>> CCleaner program. The popup page *is* a CCleaner window.
>>
>> It is outside of the main program. The main CCleaner window is greyed
>> out, so no, I cannot bypass the popup page and 'Run Cleaner'.
>>
>>>
>>> Unless you kill its outbound connections, CCleaner is ad-supported
>>> software after Avast acquired Piriform 7 years ago (see my other reply).
>>
>> Screenshot (on Dropbox):
>>
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0rt6lguygny9f83zyg2ur/CCleaner-popup.jpg?rlkey=0byb0766eecz6zir6gz8tl482&dl=0>
> 
> Did you try, as in the forum thread, to instead click on the Run button
> in CCleaner even while the ad window was open?  

It is not clickable. It is 'greyed out'.


> Previously the ad window
> was not modal: it did not lock out accessing the parent's window.  If it
> is now modal, guess you'll have to block its outbound connects to avoid
> getting hit with Avast's marketing campaigns, or use something else.

I have decided to use something else (called Reg Organizer).
I'll return to CCleaner in later releases to see if they have had a
change of policy.

Thanks for all your helpful suggestions.