CCleaner
E357629
CCleaner is a popular utility software that cleans and optimizes computers by removing unnecessary files, managing startup programs, and improving system performance and privacy.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CCleaner canonical | 8 |
| CCleaner Professional | 3 |
| CCleaner Cloud | 2 |
| CCleaner Business Edition | 1 |
| CCleaner Free | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3420338 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CCleaner Context triple: [CCleaner Browser, relatedTo, CCleaner]
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A.
CCleaner Browser
CCleaner Browser is a Chromium-based web browser developed by Piriform that focuses on privacy, security, and performance optimization.
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B.
Disk Cleanup
Disk Cleanup is a built-in Windows utility that frees up disk space by finding and removing unnecessary files such as temporary data and system cache.
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C.
Slimjet
Slimjet is a Chromium-based web browser known for its built-in privacy tools, ad blocking, and performance optimizations.
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D.
SRWare Iron
SRWare Iron is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by removing or disabling various tracking and data-collection features found in Google Chrome.
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E.
Cent Browser
Cent Browser is a Chromium-based web browser for Windows that offers enhanced privacy, customization, and productivity features beyond the standard Chrome experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CCleaner Target entity description: CCleaner is a popular utility software that cleans and optimizes computers by removing unnecessary files, managing startup programs, and improving system performance and privacy.
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A.
CCleaner Browser
CCleaner Browser is a Chromium-based web browser developed by Piriform that focuses on privacy, security, and performance optimization.
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B.
Disk Cleanup
Disk Cleanup is a built-in Windows utility that frees up disk space by finding and removing unnecessary files such as temporary data and system cache.
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C.
Slimjet
Slimjet is a Chromium-based web browser known for its built-in privacy tools, ad blocking, and performance optimizations.
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D.
SRWare Iron
SRWare Iron is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by removing or disabling various tracking and data-collection features found in Google Chrome.
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E.
Cent Browser
Cent Browser is a Chromium-based web browser for Windows that offers enhanced privacy, customization, and productivity features beyond the standard Chrome experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
privacy protection software
ⓘ
system optimization software ⓘ utility software ⓘ |
| acquisition | acquired by Avast in 2017 ⓘ |
| aim |
enhance user privacy
ⓘ
free disk space ⓘ improve system performance ⓘ |
| availableLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| developer |
Avast
ⓘ
linked to:
Avast Software s.r.o.
Piriform ⓘ |
| distributionModel | downloadable software ⓘ |
| feature |
Windows Registry cleaning
ⓘ
application cache cleaning ⓘ browser cache cleaning ⓘ browser history cleaning ⓘ browser plugin manager ⓘ cookie removal ⓘ disk analyzer ⓘ drive wiper ⓘ duplicate file finder ⓘ performance optimization ⓘ privacy protection ⓘ recycle bin cleaning ⓘ scheduled cleaning ⓘ software updater ⓘ startup program management ⓘ system log file cleaning ⓘ temporary file cleaning ⓘ uninstall manager ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
CCleaner Business Edition
ⓘ
linked to:
CCleaner
CCleaner Cloud ⓘ
linked to:
CCleaner
CCleaner Free ⓘ
linked to:
CCleaner
CCleaner Professional ⓘ
linked to:
CCleaner
|
| initialReleaseDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| license | freemium ⓘ |
| notableEvent | involved in a 2017 security incident where a compromised installer distributed malware ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
registry cleaner
ⓘ
startup manager ⓘ system cleaner ⓘ uninstaller ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
FAT32
ⓘ
NTFS ⓘ |
| targetUser |
business users
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| updateMethod | online update ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ccleaner.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CCleaner Description of subject: CCleaner is a popular utility software that cleans and optimizes computers by removing unnecessary files, managing startup programs, and improving system performance and privacy.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CCleaner
linked to: CCleaner
linked to: CCleaner
linked to: CCleaner
linked to: CCleaner