CCleaner compromised

• Sep 18, 2017

• #1

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thebufenator

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If you have downloaded CCleaner for checking for malware you might want to try something else.

Take a look:

http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html

 

• Sep 18, 2017

• #2

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RandyG

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Make sure you are not running v5.33 as that is the bad one. I run CCleaner on all my machines with auto-update turned off so evidently "Security via Antiquity" helps in some instances...

 

• Sep 19, 2017

• #3

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Cmustang87

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What about the portable version? This appears to only effect the installer version..?

 

• Sep 20, 2017

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RandyG

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Didnt see any info about the portable version being compromised. Only the desktop version and that was 5.33.