How do I uninstall CCleaner completely?

When I open Task Manager (Windows XP) and then click on "Processes" I noticed that the CCleaner program seemed to be using a large portion of my operating system(ccSvcHst.exe). I have had the program installed for over a year and it has worked well, but I noticed that my system was running slower and decided to delete some of the large files including CCleaner (temporarily). I went to my Control Panel and deleted the program from "add/remove programs". When I went back to Task Manager and opened the column for "processes", I noticed that CCleaner was still there and that it had the largest "I/O Read Bytes" by far on the entire page...over 26 Billion I/O Read Bytes.

I then downloaded CCleaner again and went to the tools menu. I selected "uninstall" there to see if this would totally remove CCleaner. It appears that the program was removed and the desktop icon was also removed, but when I go to task manager-processes I still see "ccSvcHst.exe" and it still appears to be running in the background even though I deleted the program.

Does anyone know how to remove all of CCleaner? What does the 26,000,000,000 I/O Read Bytes really mean? I am concerned about an .exe file running on my computer after the program was "deleted"

Thanks. :unsure:

Have a read here Captain, it may not be CCleaner causing the problem

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/789023.html

Have a read here Captain, it may not be CCleaner causing the problem

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/789023.html

Thanks for the link...I am running Norton 360 as my main anti-virus program. I thought that "ccSvcHst.exe " was part of CCleaner...are you/they saying that it is actually part of Norton 360?

Yes, if you google ccSvcHst.exe you will see it's part of symantec (Norton)

Yes, if you google ccSvcHst.exe you will see it's part of symantec (Norton)

Thanks!! you have solved the mystery...maybe I should delete Norton and re-install CCleaner!

Thanks!! you have solved the mystery...maybe I should delete Norton and re-install CCleaner!

Try AVG free antivirus

Try AVG free antivirus
AVG Free is very good:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff

Don't forget to run the Norton removal tool. Symantec is fairly notorious for leaving stuff behind.

Norton is one of two infamous "bloated" system cows. Can you guess the other?

I use AVG after experiencing the other two system cows.

The one difference that I have noticed is that my system no longer limps like it has been

hit by a truck.

I have had no trouble with AVG free and it has caught a couple of nasties so I know that it is working ;)