Avast, today's largest vendor of security software, has acquired Piriform, a UK-based company that is behind many successful desktop and mobile apps, such as CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, and Defraggler.

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 ...

I still remember the first time I did it. I was in high school, and I accidentally deleted my files for a major project. The files were gone, with no way to recover them. This was well before data ...

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Piriform has released Recuva 1.5 and Recuva Portable 1.5, new versions of its freeware data recovery tool for Windows PCs. Version 1.5’s headline feature is its newly acquired ability to recover data ...

Before you spend a small fortune on data-recovery services, try this free Windows utility. It can work magic on seemingly unrecoverable files. The other day my awesome cousin Rachel and her equally ...

It’s remarkably easy to delete files from your PC accidentally. Even with all the fail-safes and precautionary measures in place, all it takes is a few poorly-placed miss-clicks, and your precious ...

A two-stage backdoor in digitally signed binaries of 32-bit CCleaner 5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191 caused the ...

Microsoft introduced the Recycle Bin with Windows 95, to keep the files deleted by user, whether intentionally or accidentally. But in the process of becoming a power-user, we grow some habits such as ...