CCleaner 7 installed Avast when updating

CCleaner for Windows
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Additional query:

(Moderation note - this was originally posted on a 2 year old thread which was about CCleaner v5.##.and not the very different CCleaner7).

There is a section under Settings → privacy related to sharing app usage data so that CCleaner can offer “upgrades or our other products”.

Avast is another product, explicitly stated in the popup that appeared when I manually booted CCleaner today. No, the manual boot is not an error - I chose this process, as I cannot control what CCleaner monitors, therefore I run it, check for updates, then kill it via command line.

Regardless, these are the settings I have chosen since installing and subscribing in October 2025:

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So, not only did I receive the offer which I had opted out of, but there was no way to refuse the installation. I think there was a skip or quit button on the popup, which closed it, and then a few moments later another popup appeared stating that Avast had been successfully installed.

Very disingenuous behaviour, and blatantly disrespectful. Additionally, in breach of GDPR in the EU, as I had the software installed WITHOUT consent, WITHOUT the option to opt out, and WITHOUT agreeing to terms, conditions, and privacy policy stipulated for the software which was installed.

Should this happen again, I will resort to legal channels.

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Unfortunately CCleaner7 is repeating a lot of the old unacceptable practices (and settings/features) that had been eliminated/changed over the years in previous versions.

It’s as if the developers of CCleaner7 are singing from a very different hymn sheet - one that’s very outdated.

On a personal note; it’s demoralising that things we mods and other respected contributers have spent a long time (years) getting the company to recognise were wrong, improve, and get right have suddenly all been reset/ignored at a stroke.

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I’d just like to say as a fellow mod that I agree with everything nukecad has just written.

It gets us upset when we see how users of CCleaner are now being treated. Users don’t seem to be valued anymore.

Just thought of as fodder/data perhaps now.

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While the messages coming from trusted mods are appreciated and welcome, and it is good to know that people the company trusts to interact with the community disapprove of the company’s actions… From what I understand from your forum tags, you don’t work for Piriform/Cleverbridge. It is not on you guys to express remorse/regret on behalf of the company.

But, perhaps, I’m also misinterpreting the messages, and they’re meant from a solidarity/equally disgruntled point of view.

Regardless. After doing a bit more digging into EU GDPR laws, it is possible for Cleverbridge or Piriform to be fined up to 4% of annual revenue or €20m, whichever is greater, for this lapse.

How do we get them to wake up?

(ADDITIONAL NOTE):
Thank you for splitting the post into its own thread, whichever mod did. When I was initially creating my post, the forum popup appeared telling me to post in the original thread from Dec ‘23. However, it is concerning that the problem is repeating 2 years later, is it not?

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As a long term user I find it difficult to understand why the developers of V7 have simply dumped, or ignored, most to the functionality that made CCleaner a good reliable product, as a user it is frustrating. I can’t help but think that the developers have made changes for changes sake and have ruined what was a decent, reliable piece of software.

I have now selected the software that I will use once my CCleaner subscription runs out in February, having looked at a number of products many of them are not as good as CCleaner V6 but are vastly superior to V7.