New CCleaner: Offers secure deletion, 64-bit, Windows 7 integration and more

New CCleaner: Offers secure deletion, 64-bit, Windows 7 integration and more

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If you need a cleaning utility for your computer, CCleaner is a must-have in your system maintenance toolbox. CCleaner is a free, easy-to-use cleaning, privacy protection and optimization tool. It deletes unnecessary files, cleans online activities such as Internet history and has a great registry cleaning feature.

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Now that you know what it's all about, let's look at what's new in version 3.0. There are many changes and improvements in the new version of CCleaner released by Piriform. CCleaner 3.0 now offers full 64-bit system support. Drive Wiper is a new tool that allows users to securely wipe data from a hard drive, with support for Simple Overwrite, DOD, NSA and Gutmann security standards. Better support for IE9 and Google Chrome web browsers, HTML5 and Microsoft Silverlight. Also, Windows 7 Jump List is now supported for faster access to tasks such as Cleaner, Registry, Tools and Options.

But that's not all. Shortly after the release of CCleaner 3.0, 3.01 has now been released with some more improvements such as faster startup and scanning, improved uninstall and drive wiper tools, Piriform has also added Adobe Reader X support and Acronis True Image to CCleaner 3.01, better cleaning of cookies in Firefox 4 Beta 7, 7-Zip, Silverlight Local Storage, MMC and Chromium-based web browsers, improved debugging, algorithm detection for 64-bit and program files, no longer need to restart your computer after index.dat is cleaned, slightly improved user interface and more.

If you have an older version of CCleaner, check for updates and go to www.piriform.com/ccleaner to download or upgrade to the new version of CCleaner.