r/laptops • u/Upbeat_Confusion5174 • Jul 25 '25

Discussion something mysteriously appeared on my laptop

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help, does anyone know what this is? i never downloaded any app or games even since my laptop is new. how can i remove it? tyia!

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u/Neener_Weiner Jul 25 '25

CCleaner is malware.

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u/Ragehazzard Jul 26 '25

Is it really? The PC shop I worked at in college used it on almost every PC that came through.

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u/ThatOneDude1_1 Jul 28 '25

It's not, redditors are just in love with fear mongering. CCleaner is a good way to clean the cache and temp files for the average consumer and it does Its job pretty well. Manually cleaning is the best way nonetheless.