Windows is a gunk magnet: The more you use it, the more it gets bogged down with the digital equivalent of dust bunnies. Fortunately, it's easy enough to clear out all that performance-sapping ...

Software developer Piriform has released CCleaner 7, the latest version of its popular Windows tune-up tool. The update not only brings a fresh design, but also several practical improvements designed ...

While some of us are starting to grab smartphones with larger amounts of internal storage space, there are many of us out there that are still working with 16GB or less of hard drive space. This can ...

If you’re a level 20 PC nerd, you’ll go to extreme lengths to improve system performance. And if you have budget to spare, you’ll probably first turn to hardware upgrades—an almost surefire way to get ...

The latest version of the free, solid Internet privacy application CCleaner has now added Google Chrome in its list of supported browsers. CCleaner clears up the cookies, the download history ...

In brief: Many users like to keep their systems clean of unnecessary files with apps like CCleaner or Wise Disk Cleaner. Microsoft appears to be quietly working on a first-party alternative that could ...

CCleaner Professional Plus is a PC-enhancing toolkit that breathes new life into heavily used machines. Its boot time improvements are the best we've seen, but its other enhancements aren't quite as ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers hid malware in CCleaner, a popular app meant to clean out cookies and junk programs from Android phones and computers to make them run faster. The malware was present in the ...