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| Dec 11, 2024 | Victoria Dimmick appointed CEO to lead Titania's growth | Titania has announced the appointment of Victoria Dimmick as Chief Executive Officer.
The new appointment is set against a backdrop of increased focus on operational resilience within cybersecurity and regulation, with rising threats to cri... |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Get CCleaner Premium bundle with Kamo, Speccy and Recuva for under $30 | When it comes to keeping your PC clean, there’s one tool that stands out: Piriform’s CCleaner. But while its free version offers a range of basic cleaning tools, CCleaner also offers a range of premium tiers that come with extra features, b... |
| Dec 4, 2019 | End-of-the-year cleanup checklist for Windows | Image: iStockphoto.com/FooTToo Windows: Must-read coverage
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| Feb 16, 2018 | Top 5 free data recovery tools for Windows | We all back up our data, right? That's what everyone does! But of course, that's far from true. Most people don't get much further than thinking about putting a backup plan in place, promising themselves it's something they'll sort out one ... |
| Sep 19, 2017 | CCleaner: A Vast Infection | A recent release of popular disk utility CCleaner contained malware according to Cisco’s Security Intelligence and Research Group Talos.
The application, distributed by Piriform, a subsidiary of cyber-security giant Avast, was created to op... |
| Sep 19, 2017 | You might be one of the 2 million people who got hit by a CCleaner malware | Virus, hacks, malware pose an imminent threat to our digital life. One wrong move and you could get trapped in a cyber mess. However, it is easier to secure yourself from something you know looks suspicious. But what to do when you’re faced... |
| Sep 19, 2017 | Security vendor Avast distributed malware-infested utility | Well-known antivirus vendor Avast has been unwittingly distributing a hacked program containing malware to millions of users for almost a month, Cisco's Talos security researchers have discovered.
The malware was discovered after it trigger... |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Hackers hid a backdoor in a security app that has more than 2 billion downloads | The Equifax hack isn’t the only major cyber attack you should be aware of. Security researchers discovered that hackers hid a backdoor in a security app supposed to keep your Windows computer safe and clean, with the purpose of using your m... |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Security warning: Hackers compromised CCleaner and installed a backdoor | Users of cleanup, privacy and optimization tool CCleaner are being warned to update their software after it emerged the tool was compromised by hackers. Security researchers at Cisco Talos say that there are a "vast number of machines ... |
| Sep 18, 2017 | CCleaner Users, Update Right Now: Hackers Injected Malware Into The App, Infecting 2.3 Million | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 18 September 2017, 09:09 pm
Hackers have hijacked the popular Windows app CCleaner by injecting malware into the program, resulting in 2.3 million infected computers.
Users who have CCleaner installed in their PC ar... |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Avast reckons CCleaner malware infected 2.27M users | Users of a free software tool designed to optimize system performance on Windows PCs and Android mobile devices got a nasty shock this morning when Piriform, the company which makes the CCleaner tool, revealed in a blog post that certain ve... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Avast acquires Piriform, maker of popular system cleaning program CCleaner | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner — one of the most popular system cleaners o... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, July 19 | SCREWING UP THE CAP TABLE, THE SISTERHOOD, IPO POPS
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| Jul 19, 2017 | Avast acquires Piriform, maker of popular system cleaning program CCleaner | Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner — one of the most popular system cleaners on desktop and mobile.
Founded out of London in 2004, Piriform is a privately held company that makes a nu... |
| Jul 4, 2017 | Speccy 1.31 improves Creators Update compatibility, provides system information for Windows PCs | Piriform has released Speccy 1.31 and Speccy Portable 1.31, an updated version of its system information tool for Windows PCs. Version 1.31 comes with the promised of improved compatibility with the recent Creators Update release of Windows... |
| Apr 25, 2017 | How to free up disk space via Settings in Windows 10 Creators Update | If you want to free up disk space in Windows 10, you can use the Disk Cleanup tool, or a third-party program like CCleaner.
However, the Windows 10 Creators Update offers a third choice, which is to go through the Settings app. You can free... |
| Jun 20, 2016 | CCleaner Business Edition: A useful tool for companies with limited support resources [Review] | You’re probably familiar with the free version of the CCleaner system clean up tool. What you might not know is that there’s also a Business Edition aimed at ensuring small and medium business endpoints run efficiently.
Like the standard ve... |
| Mar 21, 2016 | Here Are Six Easy Ways To Spring Clean Your Computer On The First Day Of Spring | Louise Chan, Tech Times 21 March 2016, 08:03 am
Spring has arrived, which means it is time to clean up and get organized - not that anyone should have waited for spring to do that. Before you go into the more manual task of cleaning your ho... |
| Dec 8, 2015 | Help computer shed bloat with a range of free tools | As anyone who’s ever used a personal computer for more than a few months can attest, machines slow down. While some performance problems are unavoidable, one of the biggest issues nowadays is referred to as “bloat.” The good news is that mo... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Speccy restores compatibility with Windows 10, supports latest Intel processors | Piriform has released Speccy 1.29, a new version of its free Windows system information tool. The headline new feature in version 1.29 -- also available as a standalone portable build -- is improved support for the latest generation of Inte... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | CCleaner 4.17 improves browser cleanup | Popular system optimization tool CCleaner has been updated to version 4.17 with a series of mostly browser-related improvements.
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The official release notes say the new build -- also available in a portable version -- adds &quo... |
| Jul 25, 2014 | CCleaner widens cleaning to include TeamViewer and OneDrive, adds repair option | It’s that time of the month when Piriform issues its regular CCleaner update for Windows PCs, and undeterred by the recent CCleaner for Mac 1.08 release, the company has shipped CCleaner 4.16 and CCleaner Portable 4.16 right on schedule.
Th... |
| Jul 22, 2014 | CCleaner for Mac 1.08 adds support for Yosemite Developer Preview, improves browser cleaning | Piriform Ltd has released CCleaner for Mac 1.08, a minor update to the Mac version of its freeware cleaning tool. Unlike the Windows version, which is updated monthly, CCleaner for Mac’s updates are more sporadic -- this is the first new re... |
| Jun 25, 2014 | CCleaner optimizes memory usage, adds support for forthcoming Chrome 64-bit browser | As the month draws to a close, Piriform issues its regular update to its freeware Windows cleaning utility with the releases of CCleaner 4.15 and CCleaner Portable 4.15.
Highlights in the latest release include support for the forthcoming 6... |
| May 22, 2014 | CCleaner tweaks browser cleaning, promises better OS detection | It’s that time of the month when Piriform issues another update to its popular Windows cleaning utility. This time, CCleaner 4.14 focuses on browsers -- and Mozilla browsers in particular -- with its latest release.
Version 4.14, also avail... |
| Apr 24, 2014 | CCleaner adds support for Windows 8.1 Update, improves browser cleaning | Piriform Ltd has released CCleaner 4.13 and CCleaner Portable 4.13, the latest versions of its popular Windows cleaning tool. Version 4.13 adds support for Windows 8.1 Update and Windows Server 2012 R2 Update.
It also comes with improved br... |
| Mar 25, 2014 | CCleaner improves Opera browser support, Registry cleaning | Piriform has issued the latest monthly update to its Windows cleaning tool with the release of CCleaner 4.12 and CCleaner Portable 4.12. After the excitement of last month’s release, version 4.12 is a more sedate affair.
Chief among its new... |
| Mar 21, 2014 | Recuva adds support for non-GUID drives, Linux file systems | Piriform Software has released Recuva 1.51 and Recuva Portable 1.51, new versions of its popular Windows freeware data-recovery tool.
Version 1.51 widens its file system support to cover Linux-formatted volumes, plus makes it possible to re... |
| Feb 25, 2014 | CCleaner adds support for managing Opera start-up items, adds file content duplicate detection | Piriform has released CCleaner 4.11 and CCleaner Portable 4.11, its popular free and paid-for cleaning tool for Windows. Version 4.11 is a significant update with a number of interesting new features.
These include adding support for start-... |
| Feb 24, 2014 | Cop Harasses Photographer, Steals His Cellphone Battery And Attempts To Get YouTube To Pull The Incriminating Video | Recording a police officer in public isn’t a crime. Well, it isn’t anything a cop can cite or arrest you for doing. Instead, a bunch of vague infractions are listed in hopes that something will stick and deter future citizen recordings. |
| Jan 29, 2014 | Speccy adds ReadyBoost drive detection, improves network support | Piriform Ltd has released Speccy 1.25, a new version of its free Windows system information tool. The headline new feature in version 1.25 -- also available as a standalone portable build -- is its ability to detect ReadyBoost drives.
Versi... |
| Jan 23, 2014 | CCleaner update supports new apps, adds Pro-only scheduler tool | Piriform has updated its popular Windows cleaning tool with the release of CCleaner 4.10. Also available in portable form, version 4.10 continues the recent trend of concentrating development on the new paid-for Professional build.
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| Oct 24, 2013 | CCleaner adds Windows 8.1 support, ability to remove previous Windows installations | Piriform has released its regular monthly update to CCleaner with the release of CCleaner 4.07. Also available in portable form, version 4.07 adds official support for the recently released Windows 8.1 update, plus supports the Release Prev... |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Defraggler update delivers faster performance and interface improvements | Piriform has released Defraggler v2.15.741 and Defraggler Portable v2.15.741, brand new editions of its popular Windows defragmentation tool. Such lengthy version numbers usually mean this is a very minor update indeed, but not here: these ... |
| Jun 25, 2013 | CCleaner improves cleaning performance with Office 2013 and major browsers | Piriform has updated its free Windows cleaning tool with the release of CCleaner 4.03. The new build, also available in portable form, concentrates its improvements on the four major browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Opera.
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| Jun 19, 2013 | Speccy update adds a temperature monitor to the System Tray | Piriform has released Speccy 1.22, a minor update to its free Windows system information tool. Despite the minor version number, version 1.22 contains a number of notable changes and improvements.
Speccy 1.22 -- also available as a standalo... |
| Apr 26, 2013 | CCleaner 4.01 freshens up your browser | Piriform has released CCleaner 4.01 and CCleaner Portable 4.01, a minor update to its popular Windows freeware system cleaning tool. Version 4.01 is the first release since version 4.0 split users into free and paid-for camps by restricting... |
| Apr 3, 2013 | Recuva now lets you directly scan folders for deleted data | Piriform has released Recuva 1.46 and Recuva Portable 1.46, brand new versions of its free data recovery tool for Windows PCs. Recuva can restore both lost and deleted files from a wide variety of devices attached to the user’s PC, includin... |
| Feb 26, 2013 | Piriform pushes out minor update for CCleaner, version 4 coming soon | Piriform Software has released CCleaner 3.28 and CCleaner Portable 3.28, updated versions of its popular freeware Windows cleaning tool. Version 3.28 is a minor release, promising better performance and compatibility, plus support for clean... |
| Feb 5, 2013 | More Prenda Insanity: Lawyer Claims Defendant Erased Infringing Activity Using A Registry Cleaner, Citing A Single EHow Submission | Are you ready for some more fun courtesy of Prenda Law? While there are many copyright trolls wandering the judicial system, few have proven more entertaining than Prenda Law and its partners in unintentional levity, including AF Holdings, ... |
| May 25, 2012 | Now available -- CCleaner 3.19 and Defraggler 2.10 | Piriform Ltd has updated two of its flagship free products for Windows users with the release of CCleaner 3.19 and Defraggler 2.10. CCleaner 3.19, an all-purpose cleaning tool, adds an option for skipping the User Account Control warning in... |
| May 27, 2011 | How to free up disk space | If you’re guilty of keeping every file you’ve ever been given, you may need to wipe some files to free up some computer space.
Computers are now being made with bigger and bigger hard drives, and running out of space never seems to be a pro... |
| May 18, 2011 | How to eliminate a virus | It’s a computer user’s worst nightmare – you click on a harmless-looking link that actually turns out to be malware that completely crashes your machine.
Viruses are everywhere these days and you need to remain vigilant. But if you happen t... |
| Jan 27, 2011 | Network Edition brings CCleaner capabilities to IT organizations | Piriform Software has released a brand new version of its popular cleaning tool for Windows. CCleaner Network Edition is aimed at corporations wishing to use CCleaner's capabilities across an entire network. It's designed to be managed from... |
| Sep 25, 2010 | Brecha de segurança no Orkut: não acesse a rede social | Nesse sábado, usuários do Orkut estão verificando uma falha de segurança que permite o ingresso em novas comunidades sem que o internauta expressamente aprove a ação, desde que esteja usando o “novo” Orkut. A recomendação, ao menos por enqu... |
| Como recuperar fotos apagadas do Android [e outros arquivos] | Você decide limpar o Android e apagar arquivos inúteis do seu smartphone, mas percebe que, por engano, deletou uma foto ou um vídeo importante. Para piorar, você não tinha cópia. E agora? Não precisa se desesperar: com ferramentas como Recu... |
| Hackers hid a backdoor in a security app that has more than 2 billion downloads | The Equifax hack isn’t the only major cyber attack you should be aware of. Security researchers discovered that hackers hid a backdoor in a security app supposed to keep your Windows computer safe and clean, with the purpose of using your m... |
| Como deixar o PC mais rápido (Windows) | É comum que computadores com Windows fiquem lentos ao longo do tempo. Mas você não precisa formatar o computador ou trocar seu HD por um SSD (embora seja recomendado) para deixar o PC mais rápido. Veja essas dicas para deixar seu computador... |
| Follow these 5 steps to keep yourself safe from hackers | No matter how secure you think your devices are, someone could access your data if they put their mind to it. It’s just the reality of the Information Age, but you should still do everything in your power to make yourself less of a target f... |
| Como se proteger contra o malware que infectou o CCleaner | Você já deve ter visto que o CCleaner, ferramenta para limpar arquivos temporários do Windows, foi comprometido com um malware por algumas semanas. O código malicioso serviu para coletar informações do seu computador, como o nome, lista dos... |
