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Why this campaign to abandon Thunderbird? It works just fine, thank you, and has hundreds of add-ons to customize and tweak it. Why must Thunderbird “evolve”? To what? As the old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, so perhaps Thunderbird can simply remain in its current form for years to come with no harm. The only exception might be new security threats, but those could be handled with 3rd-party utilities.
The worst threat, at least for those using AT&T as a service provider, is the total abandonment of ALL POP3 email client support, attempting to force everyone to AT&T webmail, with its annoying advertising banners, lack of customization, and zero backward compatibility. AT&T quote: “If you created a free att.net email address after June 11th, 2011 you will not be able to use an email client to access your email. Retrieve your email at http://www.att.net.”
It’s enough to abandon AT&T after more than a decade, but there are too few alternatives, alas.

Addendum to last: Before using everything.exe or equivalent search utility, be sure that Explorer folder preferences are set to display all hidden system files.

By using everything.exe (from voidtools.com) to display all copies of blastcln.exe,
they can be simultaneously selected and “shift/deleted”. Windows will protest and pop up several dire warnings about system files, so just click through those, and blastcln.exe will be gone at last!

For several years now, CrossLoop has worked quite satisfactorily for me and the mostly senior citizens whom I’m trying to help keep their systems current. It has a few peccadillos, but since “the troops” are comfortable with it, I can’t see any compelling reason to change to another utility.
It does require a live body at the client end to start it up and relay the dynamic access code number, and occasionally mouse clicks, particularly in the taskbar area, don’t work from my end. The only big detriment is whenever an update requires a reboot of the client system, there must be someone present to restart CrossLoop and pass along the access code and accept connection.
A minor irritation is on startup: CrossLoop presents a dialog box for signing-up for a new account, which when closed reveals the connection box hidden behind it. Can’t really fault the company for that, as they do need to encourage paid customers!