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We've been focusing on ease-of-use for Defraggler v2.04 and we're proud to announce that it now integrates with Windows Explorer. So you can right-click on a selection of files or folders and analyze their fragmentation level. Or just defrag them! Release notes: Added Windows Explorer extension for analysis and defrag. Added option to shutdown the system after finishing a scheduled task. Added minimum drive fragmentation percent parameter "/minpercent" to df.exe. Improved 64-bit drive analysis speed. Added missing strings to translations. Minor bug fixes. Download Defraggler now from www.piriform.com/defraggler </img> </img> </img> View the full blog post

Problem has been fixed. We're currently performing a full investigation into that server. Please note that the software is fine and doesn't contain a virus, it's a fault on our Speccy server.

Speccy has been updated to version 1.10. This new build has a range of features and fixes requested by our dedicated users. Thanks to our forum members for helping to bug fix!Change log: Added Find feature. Snapshot (.speccy) files are now associated with Speccy.exe. Improved detection of Antivirus applications. Improved reading of motherboard system temperatures. Fixed bug that could cause DLL not to initialize on some older systems. Improved accuracy of Network Shares in Vista and Windows 7. Improved memory management in graph rendering. UPS Battery Time Remaining format is now easier to read (hh:mm:ss). Lots of language tweaks. Minor bug fixes. For more information on Speccy and to download visit www.piriform.com/speccy </img> </img> </img> View the full blog post

We've released an update for CCleaner to fix the minor bug some users were experiencing with the Steam gaming platform. Change: - Additional fix for Steam caching issues. (Build 1409)

This release of Recuva has been updated with a focus on user-requested features. Many system and support admins need to recover data from system drives that won't boot, so we've added support in this release for the very popular BartPE - to allow Recuva to be used in even more useful ways! Full change log: Added support for Windows 7 SP1. Added support for BartPE. Improved file recovery from Apple iPods. Improved error handling on drives >1TB. More efficient memory usage when >1M files are found. Better handling of files that have lost file type. Added support for Kurdish language. Minor bug fixes. Download now from www.piriform.com/recuva/download </img> </img> </img> View the full blog post

We've been closely following the release schedule of the latest browsers to keep CCleaner fully compatible. With both Firefox 4.0 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 being released this month, we've updated CCleaner in version 3.05 to be fully compatible with both! Additionally we've improved the registry cleaner to trim out old Firewall entries and added a lot more third-party cleaning rules. Change Log: Added support for Internet Explorer 9. Added support for Firefox 4.0. Added Internet Explorer Cached Feeds cleaning. Added Internet Explorer Add-ons Statistics cleaning. Added iTunes cookie management. Added Opera cleaning for saved/opened directories paths. Improved Firefox/Mozilla Saved Password cleaning. Improved Intelligent cookie keeping functionality. Improved Registry cleaning for Obsolete Software. Improved Registry cleaning for Unused File Extensions. Added Registry cleaner for Windows Services. Added cleaning for obsolete Firewall Rules. Added detection of invalid Browser Helper Objects. Added new environment variables for user documents. (i.e. %CommonDocuments%, %CommonMusic%, %CommonPictures%, %CommonVideo%, %MyDocuments%, %Documents%, %MyMusic%, %Music%, %MyPictures%, %Pictures%, %MyVideo%, %Video%). Added cleaning for Adobe Air, Advanced Searchbar, Steam, Xfire, Skype, AOL Instant Messenger, Camfrog Video Chat, Miranda Instant Messenger, Pidgin, Yahoo Messenger, ooVoo, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo Client, Ventrilo Server, FrostWire, uTorrent, Shareaza, iMesh, BearShare, DC++ and Ares. You can download now from www.piriform.com/ccleaner P.S. Are you on Facebook?Like us here facebook.com/Piriform View the full blog post

Hot on the heals of the last Defraggler release comes v2.03. This new build has additional compatibility with Windows 7 SP1, along with a host of other improvements to make your hard drives faster! Change log: Added support for Windows 7 SP1. Improved file shuffling algorithm (allows Defraggler to move files out of the way). Vastly improved the speed of the file list for FAT drives. Faster start/stop processes for FAT drives. Improved support for low RAM situations. Drive map block size can now be updated dynamically. Fixed bug that could cause shutdown to fail with Freespace Defrag. Improved results in Search tab when 'Include non-fragmented files' is checked. Better support for very long non-English strings. Better keyboard support in the File List. You can now navigate tabs using Ctrl-Tab. Improved support for non-standard Windows colors. New extensions to be moved to the end of the drive are now checked by default. Better handling of delimiters in exclude list. Minor tweaks and fixes. Download Defraggler now from www.piriform.com/defraggler </img> </img> </img> View the full blog post

So sorry to hear this. Our thoughts are with you.

Speccy v1.09 is now available for download. We've been focusing on getting the hardware detection improved and fixing the minor bugs users have been reporting.Release notes: Added Windows 7 SP1 support. Added Fan speed and Virtualization to CPU. Added Voltages to Motherboard. Added Shaders and Performance levels to Graphics. Added Hotfixes to Operating System. Improved stability of battery estimation. Added support for multiple network controllers. Fixed crash that could happen with no network controllers. Stability improvements to the memory usage and RAM graphs. Better recognition of Intel 64-bit instruction extensions. Improved socket reading for Foxcon components. Better filtering of Peripherals to prevents duplicates. Minor fixes for GeForce 260 GTX cards. Numerous other small fixes. For more information on Speccy and to download visit www.piriform.com/speccy </img> </img> </img> View the full blog post

We're pleased to announce the release of CCleaner v3.04! We've been working hard this month on both improving the file cleaning and the registry cleaning power of CCleaner. Release notes: Added support for Windows 7 SP1. Added Internet Explorer UserData cleaning and management. Added Safari cookie management. Improved Google Chrome detection. Added Google Chrome JumplistIcons folder cleaning. Added Opera Icon Cache folder cleaning. Added support for Comodo Dragon. Added support for SongBird embedded browser. Added support for Thunderbird embedded browser. Added Registry cleaner for Sound Events. Improved Registry cleaning for Unused File Extensions. Improved Registry cleaning for Application Paths. Added environment variable support in Custom Locations. Command line exporting of embedded INIs (/export [folder path]). Added cleaning for Excel Viewer, FeedDemon, WinDiff, Last.FM, Free Download Manager, Internet Download Accelerator and Internet Download Manager. Improved cleaning for AntiVir Desktop, AVG AntiVirus 10.0 and Windows Media Player. Improved system file detection security. Minor bug fixes. You can download now from www.piriform.com/ccleaner P.S. Are you on Facebook?Like us at facebook.com/Piriform View the full blog post

We've got a new build of Defraggler for 2011. It's more stable, smaller and faster than ever! Release notes: Improvements to speed and accuracy of the search algorithm. Redesigned NTFS processes for optimized speed and memory. Improved event handling with Windows 7. Improved scheduling for non-admin users. Fixed issue that caused drive icons to disappear from the drive list. Fixed issue that caused the Analyze button to be incorrectly drawn during long tasks. Improved handling of long non-English strings in options dialog. Fixed issue with fragmentation percent when drive contains sparse files. Moved about dialog to a separate window. Improved error logging in Windows 7. Minor GUI changes and tweaks. Minor bug fixes. Download Defraggler now from piriform.com/defraggler View the full blog post

With the holiday season over we haven't been slowing our development. Read more View the full article

With the holiday season over we haven't been slowing our development. The new 3.03 build of CCleaner adds support for three new browsers and we've added and optimized lots of cleaning rules, to ensure your computer stays as fast as possible! Release notes: Added K-Meleon browser support. Added Rockmelt browser support. Added Chrome Plus browser support. Added Saved Password cleaning for all browsers. Added cleaning for multiple profiles in Google Chrome. Added Recent Search History cleaning for Safari. Added cleaning for Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and 10.0, Shockwave 10 and 11, Daemon Tools, Compare It! and Microsoft Search Helper Extension. Improved Autocomplete Form History cleaning for IE9. Improved Saved Form Information cleaning for Chromium based browsers. Improved Internet History cleaning for Opera. Improved Internet Cache cleaning for Firefox. Improved cleaning for Silverlight and Adobe Reader. Improved Office 2003 and XP to prevent removal of autocorrect settings. Added more Windows MRU cleaning rules. Added Belarusian translation. Minor UI tweaks and fixes. You can download now at www.piriform.com/ccleaner Also don't forget about the new CCleaner Network Edition View the full blog post

Speccy v1.08 has been released!Below is a summary of what's been added.Change log: New information in Operating System: TimeZone, Power Profile, Scheduler, Services, Device Tree. New information in Network: Sharing and Discovery, Network Shares List, Computer Name, Remote Desktop. Improved drive size recognition for some Hitachi drives. Added Physical Memory to RAM section. Added PCI Data to Motherboard section. Added a credit for translators. Minor bug fixes. GUI improvements. For more information on Speccy and to download visit www.piriform.com/speccy View the full blog post

Happy Birthday from Piriform

A belated happy new year from everyone at Piriform! To start 2011 we have a new product announcement for our ever expanding set of business users. Introducing CCleaner Network Edition! An advanced version of CCleaner specifically designed for installation on corporate networks. With a comprehensive administrator interface to handle deployment, analysis and cleaning. We just perfecting a few final features (with the help of our excellent beta testers) and will publicly release later this month. Click here for more info and screenshots Secondly... we're not forgetting our core set of home users, so we're hard working on 2 new titles to satisfy your demand for free, high-quality, compact software! We're not giving away any details yet, as features and titles haven't been finalized, but we'll post all the info as and when we set the release dates. For more information about CCleaner Network Edition click here. And have a great 2011! View the full blog post

Happy Holidays to all CCleaner users! We have a new bug-fixed release with superior cleaning for your new Xmas computers. Change log: Improved IE history cleaning for Windows 7, to deal with some persistent history entries. Added import and export Cookie to Keep list. Added cleaning for CloneCD, Ashampoo Burning Studio 10 and ExamDiff. Added confirmation dialog when canceling wiping process in Drive Wiper. Improved file size accuracy when analyzing and cleaning. Improved cleaning for Windows Live Messenger, Antivir Desktop and ImgBurn. Added file logging for all screens under Tools. Added better support for mouse-wheel in all screens. Improved icons in Rules tree for Vista and newer. Fixed bug in Uninstall Tool to prevent entries from disappearing when renaming. Minor tweaks and GUI fixes. You can download now at www.piriform.com/ccleaner View the full blog post

Following yesterdays update, we're releasing a new build of Defraggler. This release includes a flexible scheduler, so you can specify exactly when you want Defraggler to run, this includes when the computer is idle. Meaning you can set it, then every time you go to lunch your computer will defrag! Change log: New Scheduler - Set a defrag on login, idle or specific intervals. Improved memory use on Windows 7 with lots of files. Improved placement of large files on exFAT. Improved caching of column sort options. Fixed prompt when attempting to empty the recycle bin on Vista 64. Added link to online docs (Help - Online Help). Added hot-key for Quick Defrag. Minor bug fixes. Download Defraggler v2.01 now from piriform.com/defraggler View the full blog post

Now it's holiday season, we're releasing updates for all products, so you can have the latest release on your new computers! Recuva has been updated to squash bugs and tighten the code compatibility. Change log: Fixed bug that caused "Unable to read MFT" error. Improved support for exFAT drives. Improved support for Windows 7. Added mnemonics to the Wizard. Extended logging for Windows 7 64-bit. Added link to Online Help. Fixed bug that could cause analysis fail on U3 drives. Minor bug fixes. Download now from www.piriform.com/recuva/download View the full blog post

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

With millions of users, small improvements in speed can save a huge amount of time. We're very happy to announce that with this release CCleaner will not only start faster - you'll no longer need to reboot after cleaning Internet Explorer index.dat files! And to all our users across the pond, a Happy Thanksgiving! Change log: Improved application startup time and INI loading speeds. Removed need to reboot for Index.dat cleaning. Improved cookie cleaning in Firefox 4.0 Beta 7. Improved Chromium based browser detection and cleaning. Added support for Adobe Reader 10 and Acronis True Image. Improved cleaning for 7-Zip, Adobe Reader 9.0, Microsoft Silverlight Isolated Storage, WinPatrol and Microsoft Management Console. Added support for local domains in "Cookies to Keep" list. Improved debugging with log file support using /DEBUG command-line parameter. Improved detection algorithm for 64-bit and Program Files. Improved folder drag and drop in Include options. Fixed bug in Uninstall Tool during cancellation. Improved drive detection in Drive Wiper screen. Added support to refresh cleaning rules using F5. Improved translations. Minor GUI improvements. You can download now at www.piriform.com/ccleaner P.S. Worried that you might miss an update for Piriform software? Then subscribe to our newsletter View the full blog post

Speccy v1.07 is now available for download. In this release we have focused on giving you more information about your hard drives and operating system. Along with improving the detection speeds!Changes include: Improved hardware detection speeds. Fixed SATA interface detection issues. Improved detection of removable drives. Information from the Windows Security Center. Windows Defender status. Windows 7 compatibility fixes. General usability improvements. Various stability fixes. Online Help link. For more information on Speccy and to download visit www.piriform.com/speccy View the full blog post

Following up from last month's announcement about Defraggler v2.0, we're proud to announce it's now ready for mainstream use and is out of beta! This new release pushes the capabilities of Defraggler far beyond any other free defragmentation tool, by offering complete offline defrag during the boot process! Change log: Added offline defragmentation of system files during boot process. New Drive Map with custom colors and styles. New improved defragmentation engine. Improved Windows 7 compatibility. Lots of minor GUI improvements. Download Defraggler v2.0 now from piriform.com/defraggler View the full blog post

The Wipe Free Space will stay as it's needed for users who do one click cleaning and want to wipe the free space at the same time. The Drive Wiper Tool is designed for completely wiping an entire drive, even though it can just wipe the free space as well.

Released this morning... Get it whilst it's hot! Download CCleaner Changes - Improved HTML5 Database cleaning to address problems with extensions. - Changed Drive Wiper warning dialog to properly fit translations.