CCleaner 5.45 is spyware

CCleaner 5.45 can not turn off Monitoring. If you turn it off, the program will turn it on without any notice to the user.

CCleaner 5.45 will soon be identified by antivirus programs as a dangerous <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#e74c3c;"><strong>SPYWARE</strong></span></span>. We recommend that you immediately <u>uninstall </u>and <u>run antivirus scanning</u>. Avast-Piriform is a very suspicious and untrustworthy company!

known issue with Monitoring unable to be turned off.

v5.45 has been pulled and v5.44 should be the latest version to use.  (or earlier, available at FileHippo)