![]() ![]() ![]() How popular is CCleaner? According to its developer Piriform (owned by Avast), CCleaner has 2 billion downloads so far, with 5 million extra downloads per week.Īccording to the investigation, the hacked version with the malicious backdoor was available as far back as September 11 and may affect as much as 2.7 million users. “For a period of time, the legitimate signed version of CCleaner 5.33 being distributed by Avast also contained a multi-stage malware payload that rode on top of the installation of CCleaner,” revealed the Talos researchers. The modified version can send the infected computer’s name, installed software and running applications to the attacker’s server and in turn, can install further malicious programs like ransomware or keyloggers. Security researchers at Cisco Talos recently discovered that the download servers for popular Windows cleaning tool CCleaner were broken into by hackers and they modified the CCleaner software to distribute malware. However, if you’ve downloaded or updated this version of the program recently, you may be unwittingly infecting your computer with malware. ![]() Have you downloaded this free Windows cleaning tool lately? It is one of the best programs out there for clearing out your browser cookies, trackers, internet history, download history, cache and individual browser session activity. ![]()
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