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Wow this topic seems dead... RIP. :( I had a question, usually you guys are pretty good at keeping up with this sort of stuff, ie. junk files being created. Anyway this is Firefox 109 related that was released this morning. Since updating to Firefox 109.0 this morning, I am now noticing all these little files being created when closing the browser in the "Mozilla" folder under ProgramData; Do others see these being created in 109, I'm guessing a new rule will need to be made for this if so, I'm not very good with wildcards, anyone got an idea how to make a rule for these?

Thanks so much you two, this worked perfectly... I didn't even know you could do it this way! I actually tried doing the "ExcludeKey1" way too, but it wasn't working which was odd. But oh well it's all good now. :)

I was hoping to get a little help here with a rule I'm trying to make... I'm trying to delete these keys while keeping the other two in red. The rule I have is: FileKey7=%LocalLowAppData%\ABCDEF\folderXYZ|metagameSave.json.* but that deletes the "metagameSave.json.backup" too, I don't want that, the only way I've found to exclude the backup file is to do: FileKey7=%LocalLowAppData%\ABCDEF\folderXYZ|metagameSave.json.1;metagameSave.json.2;metagameSave.json.3;metagameSave.json.4;metagameSave.json.5;metagameSave.json.6 etc... which will delete the keys I want while leaving the "backup" one. Is there a simpler way? Thanks for any help & tips in advance. :)

Thanks for showing your line, I just wanted to make sure my wildcards were correct. I'm aware you can do that from within CCleaner, but CCleaner dosn't do wildcards, it'll show the complete path instead of shortened "%AppData%" for example, yours, and now mine is much cleaner, simpler and even a little more private.

Thanks for the answer, may I ask you what your .ini line looks like? Exclude1=........

Should all .sqlite-shm" and ".sqlite-wal" files be excluded in CCleaner or just the storage-sync-v2 ones?

Oh, my bad. Not sure how I missed that, sorry.

Any reason why not to clean out the "C:\Windows\servicing\LCU" folder? Should this be added to Winapp3.ini?

As I said, all relevant options are turned off, auto check for updates = off, privacy = no, CCupdate.exe = deleted, etc.

My firewall is still "going off" every time I start and run CCleaner, so it's still collecting your data, despite have all relevant options turned off.

That's just PR talk... Don't fall for the "it's anonymous so don't worry guys!" line. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/13/anonymous-browsing-data-medical-records-identity-privacy

Thanks for listening! So does this mean CCleaner will no longer phone home and ask for firewall permissions when it is run, unless we the user give it permission to send back analytics?

How am I a troll? Anyway I found out that the last good version is v5.40.6411 before the spyware, so if anyone is wondering, it's that one. Not that I would expect any answers coming from people here who have 8,734 / 5,438 / and 515 posts, you are either payed by Piriform/Avast, or you're so emotionally invested with this software where you've developed Stockholm Syndrome where you treat any kind of negative comment towards your baby that you feel the need to downplay it, defend it, or call people trolls. Just remember, this company see you as a number on a spreadsheet, and nothing more, no need to defend them like I insulted your family member.

Because it is now Spyware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware CCleaner is trying to "secretly" collection info from your PC without you knowing, but since you use a firewall, you are catching it in the act. You'll have to block it or stay on v5.40.6411. Some hackers/crackers have also cracked CCleaner (lol, can't people people now need to resort to pirating/crack a free program) to remove the internet part, so I guess that is an option as well.

That's not really a good counter argument, because others do it, it's okay to do. And no CCleaner hasn't been doing this for years, only the "check for update" does that, but now every time you run a scan/clean it phones home. Get a firewall.