Ok so it keeps popping up, annoying but it gets worse.
It popped up just after I had run a clean and I noticed that it had also created and left behind a cookie - ipm-provider.ff.avast.com
A cookie that CCleaner will not find on analysis and will not clean.
You can force force delete it, right click it in the 'Cookies on Computer' list and delete from there. But it will come back next time you open CCleaner and the pop up appears.
Are Piriform still going to insist that the recent increase in intrusive in advertising, 3rd party data sharing, 'secret' updaters, cookies that seem to be protected from deletion, and other perceived degradations of what was a good product is not being driven by Avast?
Did they learn nothing from the protests about the dumbed-down results display?
The perception is that there is more development time being spent on these intrusive 'tweaks' than on fixing issues or improving the programme.
I think that we need an official statement from Piriform about this.
For those who haven't installed v5.44 yet this is what we are talking about.
As you can see it's not exactly unobtrusive, although it does fade away after a short time.
The cookie it leaves behind is a whole other level of intrusion though.
(I do wonder why is has a pin icon, but it did let me pin it there and take this clip).
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When you see one of these messages, a cookie is left behind. This helps us to avoid sending you sales messages over and over again,
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If that realy was the intention then it's not working.
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Mmm, it seems that that whitelisted cookie was introduced with v5.41, odd that I've never seen it before.
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may explain part of the reason v5.41 had the increase in byte size.
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Has anyone tried uninstalling this version and then reverting back to previous version? If so, will that eliminate this popup?
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It would be nice to hear from Piriform abiut his and what they intend to do to eliminate this.
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Hi bulajap: It appears the offending persistent cookie, ipm-provider.ff.avast.com, was introduced with version 5.41. I suspect you'd have to revert to version 5.40 to avoid it. According to @mta in post #4 above is still on that version and doesn't have this nonsense. Still, I'd like to know about the portable version. Otherwise, CCleraner's days on my computer are numbered.
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1. If you uninstall the regular free version of CCleaner and replace it with the portable version, are you still subjected to intrusive pop-ups?
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2. Does the portable version notify when a new version is available?
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Hi crizal:
Sadly, I just unzipped the CCleaner Portablev5.44.6575 on a USB thumb drive and I'm seeing the same obtrusive pop-up ads in my system tray every time I launch CCleaner Portable.
If you go to Options | Settings in CCleaner Portable you can still enable Inform me of updates to CCleaner, but if you are using the portable version then you are likely only plugging in your USB drive and running CCleaner Portable off your thumb drive when you want to run the occasional disk cleanup. If I want to check for updates with CCleaner Portable I just check manually by clicking the Check for Updates link at the the bottom of the GUI.
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Hi crizal:
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Sadly, I just unzipped the <strong><a href="https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds" rel="external nofollow">CCleaner Portable</a> </strong>v5.44.6575 on a USB thumb drive and I'm seeing the same obtrusive pop-up ads in my system tray.
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If you go to Options | Settings in CCleaner Portable you can still enable <em><strong>Inform me of updates to CCleaner</strong></em>, but if you are using the portable version then you are likely only plugging in your USB drive and running CCleaner Portable off your thumb drive when you want to run the occasional disk cleanup. If I want to check for updates with CCleaner Portable I just check manually by clicking the <em><strong>Check for Updates</strong></em> link the the bottom of the GUI.
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Hello Imacri: I can live with a manual check for updates. Shame about the pop-ups on the portable version. This issue really has me annoyed. As I responded in another thread, I don't mind a pop-up once or twice as I'm using a free product and CCleaner does have a right to try and make some money. However, this persistent cookie and notification cannot be blocked or deleted and the stupid thing comes up every time I turn on my computer or restart it. It's totally unacceptable.
please respond and tell us what you are going to do to eliminate this obnoxious popup. If you intend to to do nothing then it is time for us to move on and delete this software from our computers
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this from a previous thread...
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I read from that, that you can not only expect this sort of behaviour to continue, but to develop further.
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Hi mta. You're absolutely correct as in the last paragraph it says the "dynamic content system" will be used extensively. Piriform may or may not respond. Ultimately, it's up to the user to decide whether to accept this or move to another product.
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"<em>There is no option in the program to disable the advertising popup. In fact, there is no option at all to prevent this kind of behavior.</em>
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<em>What you can do is block CCleaner's Internet access. If you <strong>disallow the program to connect to the Internet</strong>, for example with <span>TinyWall</span> or <span>Windows Firewall Control</span>, it seems that you won't get the advertising popup.</em>
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<em>The one downside to this is that <strong>you will have to download new versions manually to install them</strong>, at least until the July 7 deadline is reached.</em>"
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I haven't tried this workaround, but my Norton Smart Firewall provides a simple way to prevent access of the CCleaner executable through my firewall at Settings | Firewall | Program Control:
Kudos to bjm_ for posting a link for Martin Brinkmann's ghacks.net article in the Norton Tech Outpost board and confirming <here> that blocking CCleaner's outbound connections should prevent this annoying pop-up ad.
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With all the complaints about the recent versions I will stay with v5.40 as a "last good version".