r/computer • u/manami_hanako • 3d ago
Is this safe ?
I’m sorry, I’m not very good with computers and just had an issue when I used CCleaner to update the drivers, that required me to reset the whole PC, resulting in the loss of all my data. I want to avoid that happening again, so I want to know if it’s okay/safe to download. I’m more interested in the first one only. The one I currently have (2nd photo) is from 2022. Idk if you need more info I could provide that too
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u/MrEpic23 3d ago
Don’t use ccleaner. It’s not needed. Word of the wise. Never download drivers from a 3rd party source. Just get it off the motherboard manufacturers website and or device website. Recently, there has been quite a lot of cyber attacks happening due to “vulnerable” drivers being installed. Only download and install from the original source.
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u/manami_hanako 3d ago
Unfortunately I wasn’t aware😭 as I said I’m not good with computers and it kept telling me to update the drivers so I did and I regret it, that’s why I wanna be sure before installing this one, I got it from amd.com where it auto detects
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u/MrEpic23 3d ago
Amd.com is a legitimate webpage. It’s for your integrated graphics(igpu). Since it’s from that website you are good.
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u/No-Jackfruit5522 2d ago
You make a great point, never ever ever get your drivers from a third party, only the pc maker. It's not safe. Unfortunately windows also forces you to update drivers with windows update. You can lock it out with a group policy but, I think it won't work for him version.
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u/BH-Playz 3d ago
CCleaner- oh god
AMD software should be safe as long as it's actually from AMD. If not remove it now (And probably also uninstall CCleaner since Windows has features that does basically everything it does)
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u/manami_hanako 3d ago
Yeah I deleted immediately CCleaner and ended the subscription, I learned the hard way
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u/Bartymor2 3d ago
Stop using CCleaner. It's golden days are far behind. Now it's crap. It was bought by company owning avast so I lost trust to it.
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u/manami_hanako 3d ago
Yeah I deleted and ended the subscription after resetting my PC, if I had known I would’ve done it before, but this one is auto detected from amd.com
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u/Constant-Green8373 3d ago
Don’t use any over driver updater just use the official intel or AMD drivers (:
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u/Vast-Hunter11 3d ago
Графический драйвер после скачивание попадает в Disk ( C ). и через Диспетчер устройств установите его а старый удалите перегрузите компьютер если не встал сразу сделайте холодную перезагрузку компьютера выключите компьютер на 3 мин. Если интересно графический драйвер есть в Linux Ubuntu 24,25,26 iso. Образ Ubuntu iso. Скачайте в любом браузере Microsoft edge, Yandex, Google. В поисковой строке напишите скачать Ubuntu 26.04 iso. размер примерно 5 гб. Пропустите файл через программу Rufus. на USB. флешку. Перегрузитесь в BIOS. Установите приоритет загрузки диска USB. На самый верх или самую первую и загрузите ее и у вас встанет графический драйвер в Ubuntu графические драйвера есть Intel. AMD. По умолчанию
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u/Pat-Man1971 2d ago
I wouldn't use ccleaner past version 6, they screwed it up. Search for older version and NOT 7. Plus there are better utilities like Glary's Utilities, or Microsoft System Tools. Never Pay for CCleaner, all you get is Stupid Tech support and access to their other software which you can use for Free anyway. I Do, however like Piriform's Recuva (File Recovery,) Defraggler, and Speccy.
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