suchashame

I don't think it's a bug. I think they thought they'd sneak it in and no-one would notice. They're now saying there'l be a fix in a few weeks. It's easier to go back to an earlier version. You can get earlier versions on FileHippo, just don't let it update.

Why did you post this quoting my post? I know how to block things in Windows Firewall - didn't I say - I have blocked it - not how do you block it.

I agree - plus the stupidity of not being able to close it from the system tray is weird. I uninstalled it, went back a version and blocked it from calling home in Windows Firewall.

I just don't understand why they need to do this - what is this 12 hour heartbeat that checks in with them? I've uninstalled and gone back to a previous version and I won't be updating unless this idiocy is fixed.

I've unistalled it - this is totally out of order.

I totally agree with this, been using CCleaner for years - and this is driving me crazy. I've disabled it every which way there is and yet it still comes back. Totally out of order. I'm downgrading to a version that doesn't do this and won't bother installing any updates in future. Disgraceful sneaky behaviour by whoever thought this was a good idea.