Piriform Software

Piriform Software Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer software
Founded15 September 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-15)
Founders
  • Guy Saner
  • Lindsey Whelan
Headquarters,
England
ProductsCCleaner
Recuva
Defraggler
Speccy
CCleaner Cloud[1]
CCleaner Browser
ParentAvast

Piriform Software Ltd. is a British software company based in London, owned since 2017 by Avast which itself became part of Gen Digital in 2022. The company develops cleaning and optimisation tools for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Android operating systems, including CCleaner, CCleaner Browser, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy.[2][3] On 22 September 2015, Piriform launched CCleaner Cloud, a tool to maintain computers remotely.[4]

  1. ^ "Piriform Blog - CCleaner Cloud has Launched!". Piriform. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Piriform Product page". Piriform. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Piriform company Info page". Piriform. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  4. ^ "A first look at CCleaner Cloud - gHacks Tech News". gHacks.net. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2017.