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CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« on: September 18, 2017, 09:34:50 am »
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2017, 09:38:43 am »
Yep, saw that this morning.

Glad I don't use CCleaner, but feel bad for anyone who may have been infected with malware because of it. :(
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2017, 09:39:47 am »
Just goes to show ya nothings safe anymore :'(
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2017, 09:54:54 am »
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2017, 10:17:35 am »
CCleaner is a great product.

I skipped version 5.33 (just lucky I guess).
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2017, 12:42:06 pm »
It gets even better.  They were targeting Microsoft, Google, Intel, and other tech companies.

https://www.wired.com/story/ccleaner-malware-targeted-tech-firms
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2017, 11:03:18 pm »
From what I've seen it was only successful on 32 bit systems.  I've used CCleaner for a while now but I'm on 64 bit windows and I don't think I used the infected version. 
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Re: CCleaner was used to distribute Malware
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2017, 08:13:59 am »
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