It's believed the hackers compromised CCleaner's build environment to insert the malware.Īccording to different reports, the malware is capable of collecting specific data from an infected computer system, including IP addresses and information on installed and active software, and sending it to a third-party server located in the United States.ĬCleaner's parent company, Avast Piriform, found the malware on September 12, 2017, and immediately took steps to remediate the problem.
The malware consisted of two Trojans, Trojan.Floxif and Trojan.Nyetya, inserted into the free versions of CCleaner version and CCleaner Cloud version. They turned a tool meant to scrub your computer clean of lurking malware into a serious threat to sensitive and personal information. Hackers took the legitimate program and inserted malicious code that was designed to steal data from users. However, in September 2017, CCleaner malware was discovered. In January 2017, CNET gave the program a "Very Good" rating. During the cleanup, malicious files buried in the system are also deleted. The software gets rid of temporary files that eat up disk space and invalid Windows registry keys. If one does encounter a bug, while using an old version, s/he will be hardpressed to receive any aid from this community forum or developer's support site until/unless s/he updates to the latest and can recreate the bug on said version.CCleaner is a utility program designed to delete unwanted files from a computer. updates come on a fairly strict monthly basis, barring large bugs which make the program unusable/dangerous - though, it should be noted, I can remember this only occurring 1 time in my entire experience using ccleaner. While it is not essential to update, the reasons I described in the previous post above should be reason enough for a normal user to update. Your version is, roughly, ten months old (both the free and paid version use the same ver # and both are indeed 5.18 as of this posting).
Pro version autoupdates and can do it "silently" if set to do so. then it takes you to the official download page (edit: by way of offering the pro version, it seems, but look at the page and you'll find what you need to continue to the free version). Free version does not autoupdate, only inform you of an update.
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