15 hours ago, Anony2000 said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> I tried portable apps and it's bloatware with all the crap included. How do I disable software updater?... </p> </div>
Hi Anony2000:
Could you just confirm that you wiped all traces of the "regular" CCleaner off your system (e.g., HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Piriform registry keys plus all Windows Task Scheduler tasks related to CCleaner; also look for any orphaned Piriform / CCleaner folders in C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86) and the hidden C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData if you've ever installed a "regular" version of CCleaner Free or Pro on the hard drive of your computer in the past) before you tested ccPortable? I doubt that would remove all the unwanted bloat from ccPortable like Software Updater but it would give you a fresh start without any CCleaner registry entries.
Also confirm that you always delete the highlighted files and subfolders shown below immediately after you unzip any ccsetup6xx.zip file (i..e, before CCleaner64.exe is launched), including files like CCleanerBugReport.exe, CCleanerDU.dll, and wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe / wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe (two new executables in the \x86 and \x64 subfolders that were added some time around the release of CCleaner v6.18 in Nov 2023; I believe they are components of the OESIS V4 SDK developed by OPSWAT, Inc. that might be associated with Software Updater - see TheOwner's 23-Nov-2023 topic What is wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe in CCleaner Folder). Note that you must keep the \Lang subfolder if you use a non-English version of CCleaner.
Could you also explain how you know that it is Software Updater (i.e., the CCleaner feature at Tools | Software Updater that checks for updates for third-party software installed on your system) and not another CCleaner feature like automatic background checks for available CCleaner program updates (or even those annoying system tray pop-up ads nagging me to upgrade to CCleaner Pro that sometimes appear when I launch CCleaner Free Portable) that is making connections through your firewall? Note that I don't use Winapp2.ini, so that adds a whole extra layer of complexity to your CCleaner configuration.
I'm not a computer hardware expert and I don't normally monitor every attempted connection through my firewall using a utility like TCPView, so if you've deleted files and subfolders shown in the image above then the only CCleaner-related .exe or .ddl file on your system should be CCleaner64.exe. If you've created firewall rules to block all incoming and outgoing traffic by CCleaner64.exe through your firewall then how do you prove that it is CCleaner that is still making connections to the four IP addresses you listed <above>?
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<span style="font-size:11px;">64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4291 * Firefox v125.0.3 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24030.9-1.1.24040.1 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.1.4.112-1.0.1233 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * CCleaner Free Portable v6.23.11010</span>