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There are many other free cleaners available that will do as good, if not a better job of what CCleaner is capable of. I am using CCleaner portable, (although it breaks CCleaner Enhancer's functionality in tandem) for a while longer. BTW, Avast creates new Windows registry entries with its name and coded #s which do not get removed after uninstalling CCleaner. Avast "was" a decent spyware remover during Win XP's heydays, but like so many free software programs, such as Partition Magic, the lure of crippling or eliminating their free versions in favor of trial/shareware/adware/paid subscriptions, was too profitable to resist.
Why am I seeing more warnings about cookies from so many websites nowadays (as well as adblockers)? I intend to continue blocking 3rd party cookies, scripts, and ads...and am wiping my history and cache each and every single time that I close my browser or close a tab!! So YOU will go away!!
Bleachbit, ZSoft uninstaller (both available as .pafs in Portable Apps),as well as System Ninja, and Revo Uninstaller are available in installer and portable versions, the latter which does a far better job of uninstalling software programs from Windows than CCleaner, since it also can remove all registry entries and every trace of the software. Backing up the Windows Registry prior to installing any new software can make it much easier to completely eliminate it from a Windows OS, after uninstalling the software later, then restoring the backed-up registry. System Restore is a very poor repair option, b/c it cannot fully restore the Registry. Using CCleaner to uninstall software is really no better than using Windows uninstaller, as both merely use the softwares' own built-in uninstaller, that most often will not remove all of their Registry entries. It is like pulling up weeds, but leaving their roots intact...which permits growing the weeds back up.
Firefox can clean itself of history and cache, just by changing its settings in the Options or Preferences dialog boxes from the Tools or edit menus.Or just enable Private browsing and nothing will be saved.
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