Piriform’s CCleaner software has reached a new version: 2.15.815.

Beside minor bug fixes and a few changes, there’s a new and very interesting feature. CCleaner now has a command-line switch which enables secure deletion of certain files or folders. To use it, open a command prompt window in CCleaner’s install directory and run:

(1) ccleaner.exe /delete FILENAME.EXT - to secure delete a single file
(2) ccleaner.exe /delete FOLDER - to secure delete a folder
(3) use wildcards such as * and ? to delete multiple files or folders: ccleaner.exe /delete *.txt - to delete all txt files in the current folder

After the command is ran, CCleaner will ask for confirmation that you really wish to remove the files or folders then proceed to securely deleting them.

Note: file or folder names that contain spaces should be enclosed in double quotes (eg: “file name with spaces.txt”)

Update: I have created a simple script that enables secure delete via drag and drop with CCleaner.

Fresh in the tracks of the last version, today we get a genuine YABR: CCleaner 2.14.763.

All it does is fix minor bugs related to Firefox 2 cookie handling. (Or does it? :D)

My favorite cleaning software got an update today, as if to prompt me to proceed to cleaning my PC. Fair enough, PC cleaning has been done after installing the new version (2.13.720).

Highlights include: Firefox 3.1 support (not very excited about this since I’m not a Firefox fan - more about this some other time), individual item cleaning/analysis by right click (extremely useful) and a fix for an Index.dat handling related issue that caused a crash.

The GUI has been improved by adding some icons and fixing some bugs.

Download links follow; for more about this update, scroll down further.

*** CCLEANER 2.13.720 DOWNLOADS AND OTHER USEFUL LINKS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 2.13.720 (no toolbar)
exe installer, 872KB, MD5 sum: 3687FC06504A2D1930F430EB7122C713

Get it now: Download CCleaner 2.13.720 (portable version)
ZIP archive, 854KB, MD5 sum: 86489786E776115FF59F90D4B13E8FF2

*** WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.40.520 ***

- Added support for Firefox 3.1.
- Added right-click cleaning and analysis for individual items in the tree.
- Added icons to tree parent items.
- Added cleaning for Windows Error Reporting files.
- Added Include/Exclude list editing.
- Improved TypeLib registry cleaning.
- Fixed Index.dat bug that could cause a crash.
- Fixed bug with INI warning messages.
- Internal architecture improvements.
- Fixed minor GUI errors.

A few days ago, Piriform unleashed a new version of its PC cleaning tool: CCleaner 1.40.520.

Among the notable changes are the improvements to the program’s compatibility with Windows Vista’s User Account Control (UAC) feature.

However, posts on the official CCleaner forum indicate some (new?) bugs still plague the program’s functionality when UAC is enabled. Namely, when storing settings to an .ini files, they will not be saved correctly. The same UAC incompatibility affects CCleaner’s “Issues” scanner which fails to function as designed in most cases.

It must be noted though that running the program as Administrator, which bypasses the UAC, enables CCleaner to work as it should. Another solution would be to disable UAC completely, but this might put your computer in danger if you are not an advanced user. If you still wish to do so, simply choose one of the four ways to disable UAC.

The new version also brings forth some improvements to the secure delete routines, to the uninstall tool, Windows Live toolbar cleaning, updates to UI translations and other minor bugfixes.

*** CCLEANER 1.40.520 DOWNLOADS AND OTHER USEFUL LINKS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 1.40.520
exe installer, 2.59MB, MD5 sum: D87AA7E21132FB58510CACEF21DAFC26

Or: Download CCleaner 1.40.520 without toolbar
exe installer, 641KB, MD5 sum: 4D8A8A1A3D4707C133CCA8BF8DC25E73

You might want to try:
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage

*** WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.40.520 ***

- Fixed problem with Vista UAC compatibility.
- Fixed bug in Secure Delete when emptying Recycle Bin.
- Fixed bug in Secure Delete with 0 byte files.
- Fixed bug in Uninstall Tool with non-standard entries.
- Resource file loading optimizations.
- Updated Windows Live toolbar cleaning.
- Added Bulgarian translation.
- Updated several translations.
- Updated installer engine.
- Minor bug fixes.

It’s time for a new CCleaner release. We want our regular share of improvements and fixes.. and new features!

It’s here and it has a new secure file deletion routine (twice as fast, according to the developer, hmmm).

The usual improvements to cleaning were not forgotten: better Internet files removal, Recycle Bin handling and cleaning lots and lots of temp files.

Support for two new software pieces has been added: AntiVir PE Classic and Premium. There’s also a dropped product: PerfectDisk 8.0. According to the CCleaner forums, this was done because the program’s logfiles are somehow hardcoded into the program itself.

Last but not least: new translations! (Bosnian and Macedonian).

I tested this version on Windows Vista and it worked like a charm for both installation and cleaning.

Read below for more changelog info and, most importantly, download links…

*** DOWNLOADS AND OTHER USEFUL LINKS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 1.39.502
exe installer, 2.58MB, MD5 sum: 54F1D8A7C57CE4BEF7BF147C6A1B53F3

Or: Download CCleaner 1.39.502 without toolbar
exe installer, 628KB, MD5 sum: 5F1E73D99A3599F3B08FD1907A6C1100

You might want to try:
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage

*** WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.39.502 ***

- Performance improvements deleting Internet Cache.
- Fixed bug in Recycle Bin cleaning.
- Fixed overflow error with a large number of temp files.
- Added AntiVir PE Classic and Premium cleaning.
- Removed PerfectDisk 8.0 cleaning.
- Optimized file size for language DLLs.
- Added Bosnian translation.
- Added Macedonian translation.
- Updated several translations.
- Minor bug fixes.

More than a month after the last release, Piriform unleashed today a new version of their renowned cleaning utility CCleaner.

CCleaner 1.38.485 further improves the program’s compatibility with Microsoft’s Windows Vista, adds support for Internet Explorer protected mode cookies and includes some fixes for Firefox cookie cleaning.

The scanning speed has also been improved and some changes have been applied to the translations.

Among the usual fixes, a strange UI-related bug has been resolved.

Read below for more changelog info and, most importantly, download links…

*** DOWNLOADS AND OTHER USEFUL LINKS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 1.38.485
exe installer, 2.56MB, MD5 sum: C3C18F106AF704F33B200C6DE7C9E452

Or: Download CCleaner 1.38.485 without toolbar
exe installer, 607KB, MD5 sum: C0FD96E79700A53E5A3DE0B043928A0F

You might want to try:
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage

*** WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.38.485 ***

- Fixed resize crash at very high resolutions.
- Optimized Firefox cookie cleaning.
- Fix bug with language setting in INI file.
- Scanning performance tweaks.
- Updated several translations.
- Added support for IE protected mode cookies.
- Vista compatibility fixes.
- Minor bug fixes.

What we have here is a regular CCleaner update: improved cleaning routines, bug fixes and UI language changes. Nothing too special, except maybe for the two IE7 cleaning fixes.

Anyway, it would be so unfair not to keep this useful and (still) free app updated, so you’re strongly advised to get 1.35.424, even if you’re not French and don’t care too much for the improved French UI.

There’s a new application in CCleaner’s routines: Paint Shop Pro XI (they must have jumped to 11 directly from 9, I don’t recall ever seeing PSP 10).

Well, that’s about it. Get your download below, detailed changelog “below-er”.

*** CCLEANER 1.35.424 DOWNLOADS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 1.35.424
exe installer, 1.42MB, MD5 hash: 8AFC0DA0743073AE4F42E976FE44EFF5

Or: Download CCleaner 1.35.424 without Yahoo Toolbar
exe installer, 600KB, MD5 hash: 4A95042873E37710F009C131D69AAD8D

You might want to try:
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage

*** WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.35.424 ***

- Fixed IE7 Autocomplete form data cleaning.
- Updated Vista detection routines.
- Added code signing to program executable.
- Fixed bug in Temporary folder detection.
- Fixed some IE7 cookie handling issues.
- Added additional error checking to folder routines.
- Added Paint Shop Pro XI cleaning.
- Updated French translation.
- Minor display fixes.

CCleaner, the always-hungry piece of software that feeds on the “crap” it finds on our computers for free, got updated a few hours back. Even if most software sites list it as 1.34.405, the actual version number is 1.34.407.

This update is a bit more consistent, compared to 1.33.382. Aside the usual bug fixes, there are new cleaning modules (Microsoft Visio 2003,AVG Anti-Spyware, CuteFTP 8.0 Pro/Home and 7.0 Home, Windows Live Toolbar, CA Anti-Virus) while a few existing ones have been improved (Outlook 2003, TextPad 4, Quicktime Player).

The included fixes target the registry issues scanner, Opera 9 handling and some other minor bugs. Some translations have been updated as well (Arabic, Serbian, German and French).

See below for the complete changelog…

*** WHAT’S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.34.407 ***

- Added cleaning for:
Visio 2003
AVG Anti-Spyware
CuteFTP 8.0 Pro/Home and 7.0 Home
Windows Live Toolbar
CA Anti-Virus

- Updated cleaning for:
Outlook 2003
TextPad 4
Quicktime Player

- Improved error handling when opening RegEdit.
- Fixed issue with Opera 9 classic installer.
- Updated installer routines.
- Issue scanner accuracy improvements.
- Updated Arabic, Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic), German
and French translations.
- Minor optimizations and tweaks.

*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 1.34.407 (.exe installer, 1.42MB, md5=EA43CE7E5A420824FAF1892C404F0D69)

Or: Download CCleaner 1.34.407 without Yahoo Toolbar (.exe installer, 0.6MB, md5=8C2CE3774751860E7C66D49A6A718B6B)

You might want to try:
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage

CCleaner just got updated a few minutes ago to version 1.32.345. Nothing major though, since most changes are small bugfixes and new UI language translations. Other improvements target the Opera detection routine and some installer issues.

In other news, CCleaner appears to have gone “corporate” recently, as it is now branded by Piriform LTD in the installer (digitally signed), inside the program and on the website. The Yahoo! Toolbar is still bundled but users can choose not to install it by unchecking an option in the install wizard.

The company’s homepage includes a rather worrying statement: “Our costs are covered by contributions from our grateful users and from the ads you see on our websites. We hope to keep it that way for as long as we can“, which basically means that, at some point, CCleaner will stop being free.

A real pity because, while the app does its job very well, an important appeal of CCleaner was that fact that it is freeware. Let’s just hope that moment is still far along and we can continue to enjoy CCleaner.

Piriform’s website also mentions other projects under work; nothing certain though, no product names or purposes were made public. However, they claim the new projects will be launched this year, so we do not have that much to wait.

*** WHAT’s NEW IN CCLEANER 1.32.345 ***

- Updated Opera detection routine.
- Fix minor bug in registry cleaner.
- Compatibility fixes in the installer.
- Moved Prefetch cleaning to Advanced section.
- Removal of some redundant code.
- Added Serbian Latin translation.
- Added Serbian Cyrillic translation.
- Updated Spanish translation.
- Minor interface tweaks.

*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

Download CCleaner 1.32.345 without Yahoo Toolbar (.exe installer, 571KB)
Download CCleaner 1.32.345 (.exe installer, 1.4MB)
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage

The excellent freeware PC cleaning utility, CCleaner (Crap Cleaner), has been updated today to version 1.30.310.

The new version brings detection and cleaning features for Opera 9 and Windows Defender, improves support for Nero Burning ROM and speeds up the program’s startup times.

CCleaner 1.30.310 also fixes some bugs in the secure delete routines and ActiveX/COM handling.

See below for the full changelog information.

*** WHAT’s NEW IN CCLEANER (CRAP CLEANER) 1.30.310 ***

- Added Opera 9 detection and cleaning.
- Fixed bug in Uninstaller tool.
- Fixed overflow error when Secure Deleting large files.
- Fixed bug in ActiveX/COM Issue cleaning.
- Updated Desktop shortcut cleaning to include Quick Launch.
- Added Windows Defender cleaning.
- Updated Nero Burning ROM cleaning.
- Startup speed increase.
- Minor bug fixes and display tweaks.

*** RELEVANT/RELATED LINKS ***

Download CCleaner 1.30.310
CCleaner Homepage
CCleaner Quick Tour