It seems that CCleaner, one of PCWorld’s recommendations for, might not have been keeping your PC so clean after all. In an in-depth probe of the popular optimization and scrubbing software, has discovered a malicious bit of code injected by hackers that could have affected more than 2 million users who downloaded the most recent update. Bonetown Download Full Version. Editor’s note: This article was first published on September 18, 2017, but was updated on Sept.

CCleaner is for a system-optimizing that cleans users' computers in order to ensure their privacy. It is able to scan a system's hard drive, after which it displays a. Sep 19, 2017 Our Verdict. CCleaner clears your system of unnecessary files, often identifying and removing several gigabytes, and can.

21 with details about the malware targeting specific technology companies for industrial espionage. 13, Cisco Talos found that the official download of the free versions of CCleaner 5.33 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191 also contained “a malicious payload that featured a Domain Generation Algorithm as well as hardcoded Command and Control functionality.” What that means is that a hacker infiltrated Avast Piriform’s official build somewhere in the development process build to plant malware designed to steal users’ data. Cisco Talos suspects that the attacker “compromised a portion of (CCleaner’s) development or build environment and leveraged that access to insert malware into the CCleaner build that was released and hosted by the organization.” As such, customers’ personal information was not at risk. In a by vice president of products Paul Yung, he states that the company identified the attack on Sept.