CCleaner’s Sketchy Data Collection Feature...

You may or may not be aware that since July 2017 Piriform is owned by AVAST
And as I have said for many years now
Not a utility to be run on default settings
AND IMHO completely unnecessary and indeed inadvisable on 10

 

The recent changes to Piriform CCleaner (which I regularly use) have also concerned me, so I uninstalled it and then switched to the portable version.

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From another site about the portable version

 

dckeks,
Does system-ninja have an option not to do any "Registry" clean up?

 

I agree and having had a look at the software and what it deletes - why anyone would consider using it on 8.1 or 10 is totally beyond me.
That said I cannot see the benefits in such programs be they CCleaner, Avast Cleanup or Singular Labs when viewed as a system maintenance tool
When considered as a troubleshooting utility perhaps the situation changes.

IMHO the utility is risky in the extreme, to the user who does not pay proper attention to what is being cleaned
Perhaps even more so than CCleaner ever was

For instance
From Singular Labs site

Run that on 10 and I forecast possible serious problems in some circumstances.
Here is the correct way to deal with temp files
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/70830-delete-temporary-files-windows-10-a.html

 

I still maintain that the utility is risky for the average user.
It is a cold hard fact that many people do not READ fully the use guidelines before running the program
It may not have an included registry cleaner option at its initial download but it most certainly includes a number of add-ons ONE of which is a registry cleaner

More to the point the site warns in the following regarding these add-ons

System Ninja has a small number of plugins available that extend its functionality. Microsoft .NET developers can create custom utilities for System Ninja, allowing them to leverage the power of the System Ninja API
Registry Cleaner
A lightweight tool that can detect and remove unnecessary registry keys.

What I cannot find despite an extensive search is any guidelines - readily available on how to use the software OR indeed any advice on - establishing a means of returning to as was, if something goes wrong after running Ninja.

AND as far as I can see - if a problem does arise support is offered only in the forum of Singular Labs. (Gowland Media)

I most certainly would NOT recommend to anyone on this site the use of software provided by any company that includes in its software the provided plugins - for which they accept no responsibility and do not even produce them.

That said I have not tried the program and have no intention of doing so, but I would urge caution against its use - most especially on 10.
If anyone reading the topic decides to give Ninja a try, then like any other cleaning utility you would be well advised to establish a restore point before running Ninja.