# CCleaner - anyone figured out why they keep updating it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccleaner-anyone-figured-out-why-they-keep-updating-it/716207 "2015-03-28T14:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccleaner-anyone-figured-out-why-they-keep-updating-it/716207/6 "2015-03-28T21:04:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Not sure if I asked this before or not. I know I haven’t recently. It’s a pet peeve of mine. [October 2013](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706184&highlight=CCleaner) > [@Why does CCleaner update so frequently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ccleaner-update-so-frequently/672417/5): > > You could just check [the change log](http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/version-history). It’s not a secret. > > Looks like the updates are indeed monthly, and usually due to adding new applications to their database and minor bug fixes/feature changes. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Looks like they’ve been updating Chrome and Opera cleaning. I don’t use either. Adding Win 10 support. don’t use that either. 😉 CCleaner doesn’t know that. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Programmers these days are always dicking around with programs. Our shop was just the opposite. We had payroll programs that hadn’t been compiled in six years. Just the way the Analysts wanted it. No changes meant no 2 AM phone calls because production payroll aborted. If it ain’t broke don’t fuck with it. 😃 Given the nature of CCleaner, they have to dick around to keep up with the different browser & OS. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccleaner-anyone-figured-out-why-they-keep-updating-it/716207)._