Avast: We're not using CCleaner to spy on users

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CCleaner's Active Monitoring feature refuses to be turned off - and end users aren't happy

Avast has responded to claims that the latest version of CCleaner is spying on users. The claims were aired yesterday over concerns that the ‘Active Monitoring' feature in CCleaner could not be ...

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