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September 26, 2019 08:11 pm

Microsoft Bans CCleaner: Report

Joe_NoOne writes: Microsoft has never been a fan of registry cleaners, and today we have learned that the company has taken steps to ensure that such software is no longer being recommended to users who are having issues with their PCs. HTNovo reports that Microsoft has added CCleaner.com to their blacklist of domains on the official Microsoft Support forums. The Blacklist Filter notes that: "Microsoft has various filters in place to keep community members safe. When a website that is blacklisted is posted, the system will remove it if it has been posted by an unaffiliated user. The filter will remove part of the site so it is unreadable with 4 stars (****). Affiliated users will be able to post websites which are blacklisted." This means the domain will automatically be censored when posted on the site. The domain is included in a quite short list of sites, which is only 11 domain names long, suggesting the activity is rather targetted. The blacklist was introduced recently and only official moderators on the forum have been informed. In exceptional cases, some moderators will be able to post links to the software, but it seems likely this will generally be frowned upon.

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