I had been a ccleaner user for many years, I recently updated and trusted the integrity of piriform, to my surprise, they installed WITHOUT EXPLICIT CONSENT a few malware into my PC, TROVI and SAFE SEARCH, they are blacklisted software that changes your search engine and fakes your browser to make you believe your pc is at risk.
Removing them is not as simple as uninstalling them. SHAME ON YOU.
Piriform failed me, I trusted you, and no more.
Do not upgrade, do not install CCleaner. It is becoming another facebook that violates your trust!!!
CCleaner does NOT install any of those things so we need to know how you managed to get them on your machine.
Hazelnut is correct but users should please keep in mind that ESET will indicate a warning for Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Google.D when downloading the normal installer.
But this can be over come by downloading the Slim (toolbar free) or Portable version from here.
The Slim version usually is available a week after the normal installer.
Gillarm, I would suggest running adwcleaner to help you kill those. That being said, make sure you download CCleaner either from FileHippo, CNET, or Piriform. To guarantee not being mislead by ads (FileHippo apparently has many if you don't run an ad blocker), download directly from Piriform.com. The executable should be called ccsetup414.exe
It most certainly does install unwanted items, in fact you have to tell it NOT to do so, IF you make sure you download what it calls the 'slim' version. Also, contrary to it's claims, removes your favorites. Every time someone criticizes CCleaner on these blogs, someone comes and beats them up instead of helping them. "it's your system", "you are stupid", "prove it to me". That I have noticed. The same way the moderator here bullied you. Google the thousands of complaints on the Internet about CCleaner problems.
I have never seen a moderator post "you are stupid" in those exact words towards anyone -- no matter how much trouble/trolling, etc., they've caused upon the forums and I've been on here going on ten years.
1-CCleaner removed all my Favorites. I could find nothing in the Simple Free Version that shows anything about Favorites, neither to remove nor not remove them. I have Windows 7, IE 11.
2-Around the Internet as I googled for this issue, I saw many people getting 'beaten up' for even suggesting CCleaner does that yet many saying it happened to them. They are coming for help and getting bullied.
3-In Cookies, I put to the right side of the column which cookies/passwords I wanted saved ie: Banking/PayPal/etc for my passwords. It removed them all and ignored that I said save them. Luckily, I have all my passwords written down.
Luckily I have my favorites on a Flash Drive but now there is no safe way to be certain my passwords and future favorites will not be removed. Registered so I could get some response from Piriform/CClearner. Was curious to see what would be said and how badly I would be beaten up over it. "its your system", "you are stupid", etc. From the thousands who have this same thing happen to them, I'm surprised CCleaner gets it's high ratings.
I have faced the same situation recently, in the meantime I have decided to remove CCleaner until there's a formal statement from its developers, I have used with great success this software for several years now therefore I feel a bit surprised to see, on two separate checks carried out using Malwarebytes antimalware that there was malware on CCleaner references.