Lifehacker

Hackers Infected CCleaner’s 32-Bit App —Here’s How to Fix It

This morning, Piriform, developer of PC maintenance tool CCleaner, announced it was breached by hackers who infected an estimated 2 million users with malware. Prifirom says the incident has since ...
Neowin

32-bit CCleaner 5.33, CCleaner Cloud 1.07 compromised, introduced backdoor

A mere two months ago, Czech antivirus company Avast acquired Recuva, Speccy, and CCleaner developer Piriform for an undisclosed amount of money. Apparently, CCleaner in particular has been a tad of a ...
WeLiveSecurity

CConsiderations on the CCleaner incident

Before you start reading: if you think we are going to misuse the CCleaner incident in this article to ESET’s advantage, you will be disappointed. Yes, the incident that is currently widely publicized ...
CSOonline

Hackers backdoored CCleaner for a month: Over 2 million infected with malware

The 32-bit version of CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 were infected with malware. Affected systems need to be restored to a state before Aug. 15, 2017, or reinstalled. Hackers ...
Computerworld

Heads up: Malware found in Piriform’s CCleaner installer

If you installed the popular Windows registry scanner and cookie cleaner CCleaner after Aug. 15, you’re likely running a decapitated botnet. If you installed the free version of CCleaner after Aug. 15 ...