It became clear that Microsoft's standard anti-virus function, Microsoft Defender Antivirus, detected CCleaner, a famous PC optimization tool, as ' Potentially Unwanted Application: Potentially ...

Although Microsoft notes the classification only targets the free version of CCleaner, the company does believe this move comes as a way to protect Windows users. In a statement, Microsoft suggested ...

Microsoft’s Windows Defender antivirus software is—perhaps ironically—flagging CCleaner, a junk file remover, as a “Potentially Unwanted Application." The alerts occur when Windows Defender scans ...

According to its parent company Avast, more than 130 million people use the performance optimization software CCleaner. And today all of those people need to be sure they’ve installed the latest ...

Why it matters: Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so, you'll probably notice that Windows Defender is now flagging the junk file remover as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) after ...