No Avast offer and no avast install either.
Third time round: I uninstalled CCleaner, deleted the registry key again, restarted my Trend Micro antivirus and ran the installer again. This time the Avast splash screen was displayed. (Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AvastAdSDK) Then uninstalled and-reinstalled ccleaner. and sure enough Avast had done a silent install.įor the fun of it I deleted the registry key that ccleaner uses to check if the offer has been displayed. I closed down Trend Micro, used TaskManager to kill the hung CCleaner process then re-ran the CCleaner install.Īgain there was NO splash offering Avast but a few minutes later Chrome popped up to tell me Avast was trying to install and extension. My existing Antivirus (trend micro) had popped up during the install so I thought maybe it was interfering with the process.
The upgrade failed to complete because it couldn't delete the old ccleaner executable. Just like I check for McAffee installs with Adobe reader - once you've been caught a couple of times you remember. I actively checked because I've been caught by it before on other PCs. The install screen was clean (no Avast splash).
I tried to update from v5.4x to v5.57 today. I created an account here just to confirm (as if it was needed) that the silent install of Avast is still happening. In the meantime, as per nukecad's response, CCleaner also has a "slim installer" version with no offers. On the "to-do" list for the development team (who greatly prefer to have happy users than angry users) is overhauling the installer flow with a new interface to help get rid of this accidental installation problem. Since it doesn't do anyone any good if a user accidentally installs something they don't actually want, CCleaner deliberately made its offers more prominent than in most other installers and, as per the screenshots above, the Avast banner was changed to a rather vivid purple and orange to make it even more eye-catching and hard to miss.
(And of course there's no offer with the automatic updates.) These days most users don't see a third-party offer in the CCleaner installer - not because it's mysteriously hidden, but because there are some smarter rules set up in the installer not to bother offering something if the user has already seen that offer in the past x months, if they've already got it installed, or (in the case of AV) if they seem to already have an alternative running. and since 2010 people have been asking why offers have "suddenly" started to appear. Since 2010 there has been a third-party offer of some sort in the CCleaner installer to help pay the bills. There are a lot of poor users who can not afford to buy the pro version, like elder people on fixed incomes like myself. Sorry if I sound like I am ranting, but I have loved ccleaner since I first found it many years ago and hate to see a such a great software used by millions corrupted by corporate greed. *Thank you forum members and moderators for listening to my concerns.
Can a moderator or someone who has installed the portable version tell me if avast is automatically installed when I first use it to clean my computer? >My question is, does the portable version now have the avast install hidden in it as well?. Maybe some user that knows from experience can post it on this thread.
My problem is I need someone who knows what was the last version of ccleaner that did not include avast.
One answer to this problem if . does not correct this problem is anyone can go to one of the several software download sites and get an older version of ccleaner before added their own crap (avast) to this great free software. Someone in admin on this forum should send the word/news up to the top of your company that you have a problem growing exponentially with your user base that is really ticked off. If you google search " problem with ccleaner installing avast " without quotes, you will see how many sites and users are deeply troubled and suggesting others not install the latest updates. I found out about this new problem with ccleaner on another forum that stays on top of the latest software updates and suggests to its members to install or to avoid the new updates.
When it is time to update I come over to the link above and get the latest portable version and install it. I find that it uses less ram and space on my disk, plus does not clutter up my dll registry. I have been using "CCleaner - Portable" found here ( ) if you want to download it on . I joined this forum to explore this new problem with ccleaner adding avast to its latest updates.