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Software you should never downgrade

One obvious example of a tool that needs downgrading is CCleaner, which has been bundled with (), including one of the last good versions from 2016 (v5.14), they won’t run in Windows 10 and 11 (see screenshot). Moreover, giving an outdated program access to your sensitive files and internet history is a major privacy and security hazard.

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