Recuva installed on my pc without my permission

[ZydecoBreeze]

I have CCleaner professional edition, version 5.90.9443, for home use installed on my computer (see attached file).  When I noticed a new app, Recuva, installed on my pc .  I did not go out the the piriform website to obtain Recuva or to obtain a Ccleaner update.  Ccleaner is set to automatically update.  I would like to know why piriform installed this app on my computer.  I am turning off automatic updates to make sure this does not happen again.

Thank you, Cindy Fairchild

Edited March 10, 2022 by Dave CCleaner
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[Dave CCleaner]

6 hours ago, ZydecoBreeze said:

I did not go out the the piriform website to obtain Recuva [...] I would like to know why piriform installed this app on my computer.  I am turning off automatic updates ...

Please note that this has nothing to do with CCleaner's automatic updates, and Piriform did not install Recuva on your computer.

From your screenshot I can see that your licence is for CCleaner Professional Plus - which is a suite that includes the Professional version of CCleaner, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy for up to 3 PCs.  When you bought CCleaner Professional Plus, you might have seen this mentioned in the description, eg:

or

... as well as in your order confirmation email.

When installing CCleaner Professional Plus, the assumption is that you wish to use all of the included products, but if you only purchased the Professional Plus package for the extra seats rather than for the extra software, you can select which components you wish to install during the setup process:

 

Should you wish to remove any of these at a later point in time, the easiest way to do this is through CCleaner's own software uninstaller (under Tools > Uninstall):