Ccleaner compromised to distribute malware

[Kioku]

Complains at known clean Windows activators ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I see what you did there. :o

 

[DarthDub]

What is the malware you speak of? I have Ccleaner installed and haven't noticed any.

 

[PetitMagique]

Well as the title states, last update of Ccleaner was compromised
Ccleaner was bought by Avast, amd a month after it was infected
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/70tvpi/ccleaner_compromised_to_distribute_malware_for/

Avast...I always knew this would happen ; P

 

[sp3off]

What is the malware you speak of? I have Ccleaner installed and haven't noticed any.

Probably a variant of PUP.Unwanted.Avast.

 

[Deleted User]

Avast, it explains everything.
Some idiot there felt like it would be cool to inject random shit and release it for fun to public. Not surprising.

 

[Byokugen]

I still wonder how they wanted to profit from it. It all sounds like a conspiracy theory but damn
And it affects 32bit systems only. Shady

 

[Kioku]

I still wonder how they wanted to profit from it. It all sounds like a conspiracy theory but damn
And it affects 32bit systems only. Shady

That's even weirder..

 

[the_randomizer]

I still wonder how they wanted to profit from it. It all sounds like a conspiracy theory but damn
And it affects 32bit systems only. Shady

Lol 32-bit OS, who sill uses those and why?

 

[sp3off]

Floxif... Avast... C&C... Trojan... Not infected anymore. Piriform patched it not long ago.

 

[Byokugen]

What is the malware you speak of? I have Ccleaner installed and haven't noticed any.

Version 5.33 of the CCleaner app offered for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif malware, according to a report published by Cisco Talos a few minutes ago.

 

[Deleted User]

Lol 32-bit OS, who sill uses those and why?

*waves*
2GB of RAM.

 

[sp3off]

On September 13, Piriform released CCleaner 5.34 and CCleaner Cloud version 1.07.3191 that do not contain the malicious code.

the threat has now been resolved in the sense that the rogue server is down, other potential servers are out of the control of the attacker, and we’re moving all existing CCleaner v5.33.6162 users to the latest version. Users of CCleaner Cloud version 1.07.3191 have received an automatic update. In other words, to the best of our knowledge, we were able to disarm the threat before it was able to do any harm.


Source : @Byokugen 's Reddit link.

 

[Byokugen]

[QUOT

*waves*
2GB of RAM.

Oh well yeah...

 

[DarthDub]

I still wonder how they wanted to profit from it. It all sounds like a conspiracy theory but damn
And it affects 32bit systems only. Shady

It's a good thing mine is 64-bit.

 

[the_randomizer]

*waves*
2GB of RAM.

Oh... redacted *hides*

 

[Sakura1]

this is why i havent updated mines

 

[Byokugen]

I'm not satisfied with their answer tho... I want to know how and why. But knowing Avast and their policy, that will never happen

 

[Kioku]

Isn't there an alternative to Ccleaner?

 

[migles]

Was only CCleaner bought by Avast or Piriform Inc. ? Because... Hell, which software I'm gonna rely on cleaning my comp...

EDIT: Do I need to feel ashamed that I've used NOD32 and then KAV and now Avast ?

as long as you didn't used AVG

 

[Byokugen]

Maybe there is, but I started using it in late 2008, so I'm used to it. Lived it to ve honest. Now... i will stick to 5.30

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as long as you didn't used AVG

Piriform.
And I've been using Nod32 for 12+ years, so stay cool