Thank you GG - will give the manual uninstall route a go , once my temper has subsided. Re. the tick boxes ... THERE WERE NONE.- I ALWAYS look out for such things and the only option offered in the install process was the EULA and I'm certainly never going to read that
. What surprised me was that the download file was the same whether it was from Cnet or the program originators. Piriform. Just been back and checked on Piriform's site and the only difference is that it is now version 3.10 instead of 3.09 - which I used. Additiionally irritating was that, even after the restore, my browser settings were changed and had to be manually restored.
I suppose I should know better - there REALLY is no such thing as a free lunch - or 'free' software.