Windows 10: How I Free'd Almost 150GB From HDD

Ok before replying to this post of yours fredc I downloaded your Eset scanner program, installed it, let it run for 20 mins on my ssd. I have CCleaner installed, and I just updated it again few days ago to a newer release.

1st thing I saw Eset tell me was I already had an anti-virus program running and it might slow down ESET, it told me the program was Norton anti-virus that was running, it was correct on this, but it checked for more than one anti-virus program and only found my Nortons, at that time ESET was checking my ssd, Malwarebytes was also running on my ssd, they run together, been doing this for almost 2 years now, no conflicts, no issues. But your Eset never saw Malwarebytes at all!!! and it WAS ACTIVE.
This makes me think just how good it is scanning, and this scan was 1st one ESET does. Well anyways after a 20 min scan Eset found nothing, zip, nada.........Which I would have been surprised IF it did. CCLeaner has never added anything to my computer I can't speak for anyone else, just myself, even as you say it installs them hidden, sooner or later I would have noticed them, either one of my programs would, and I have a few that WATCH my computer settings pretty closely and my registry settings too.
Sorry but I don't think CCleaner has ever put junk on my computer. As far as ESet goes, it didn't even delete all the files it installed on my computer, AFTER it told me it would, if I clicked on the box in lower left hand Conner, which I did. Eset left its install dir, and a few other icon files in other places on my HD, also in my registry. In other words it left shit all over my computer which I removed. A program that brags about how good it is, should cleanup after it self a lot better than Eset does, during a uninstall. Just my 2 cents on this.....ESET *Smile

 

Norton ?*What

Yikes, but if that`s what you like to use *Smile

 

I agree, I'm one of the one's using CCleaner for years and never had a problem with it.

It never had anything tag along to install with it, hidden or not.

Like AddRAM says, always install software with your eyes open and watch every little thing it does
during installation.

 

Don't pick on old people!!! shame on u. lol *Smile

 

Who are you callin' old ?

Take yer poopin' mutt and get off my lawn !

 

Well 1st off, my quote was sent to Addram and not you. 2nd I was referring to ME as being the OLD person, not you. 3rd MY Doberman always stays on my lawn, 2.5 acres. Doesn't need to poop on your crummy lawn. *Tongue

 

So, cleaning HDD just to add more junk like Norton doesn't make much sense. There is a very nice cleaning program that's absolutely safe: UnCleaner - Josh Cell Softwares
Using a proper uninstaller like Revo Uninstaller to uninstall programs and clean up after them can prevent leftovers from programs (and in some cases there's a lot of them) useless files from piling up.

 

I bought Revo long time ago.......been running Nortons for last 7 years, maybe 8 Doesn't give me any problems.

 

The CCleaner .exe downloaded from Piroform's official website does indeed now install these unwanted programs , it is not a case of unchecking any check boxes for added crap . A Piriform forum Administrator told me directly that when downloading the exe program you cannot opt out of these unwanted toolbars .

This was not always the case , Piriform use to never install additional crap , now it most certainly does and most install the portable version because that is what i was told to use to avoid the crap , again by a Piriform forum administrator.

I don't know what to say to Old Mike because the things he is talking about with the removal options and check boxes with Eset do not exist . Eset is one of the most recommended scanners at "Bleeping Computer" and other malware removal help forums for years now because it finds things other scanners never do .

Got to know how to use it though

 

Here's what I do for cleaning my PC about every 2 weeks.

Go to programs & features - sort by date. Look for anything I didn't install or don't want anymore.
Run windows disc cleanup
Follow up with CCleaner Pro
Run a quick scan with BitDefender
Optimize all of my imported images from my phone with jpegmini for jpegs, pnggauntlet for pngs & gifmicro for gifs
Finally I finish up with a Defrag with Piriform Defraggler

 

I would and I do wait for AV companies to get their stuff together to work on W10 properly, right now results are pretty sketchy. Windows Defender is getting much better too, so with a bit more caution online it's very acceptable. It's updating 5 - 10 times a day, so MS must be working hard on it. To say nothing about WD being much "lighter" than full blown AV protection systems.

 

OK , here are the facts gentlemen :

From the Eset security forum

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Posted 25 March 2015 - 11:42 PM
As of about the last six months to a year CCleaner is now bundled with a toolbar that ESET is correctly blocking as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) which is kind of ironic that a cleaner program brings garbage when installed.

You can download CCLeaner Slim which is just the installer and not the toolbar please note that Piriform releases the slim version one week after the Standard version. It is possible that no download link is available for the Slim version during that gap time.

I think the latest was today so give it about a week then do a search for "CCLeaner Slim".

@SweX.. ahh we collide on this one, LOL

 

I downloaded Eset from their website, run one time. Didn't choose 30 evaluation version. Those choices were on the window as the file was running , didn't make them up.

 

I am not saying you made them up but i think we must be using two different versions, never heard or saw those options. Regarding CCleaner, Eset is the ONLY scanner that will detect these toolbars .

There is nothing you can opt out of , they will install no matter what if you don't go the portable route.

 

Ok maybe we are misunderstanding one another fredc I went to Esets web site downloaded what they told me was their online scanner, installed it, did not try to opt out of anything, I WANTED it to run. During the running of ESET scanning my hd is when I saw what it was reporting to me, as it was scanning. Never found any problems, took 20 mins to scan my ssd, never saw the other active anti-malware program running, and when it finished, their WAS a Checkbox in lower left hand Connor, to remove itself after closing......THAT was the choice it gave me. I closed it, and it only removed some of itself left pieces of itself all over my drive and registry....that IS a FACT. no big deal as I am used to cleaning up left over crap after a uninstall of a program. But Eset gave my computer a clean bill of health, which I expected, just didn't seem to report everything correctly is all.