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Official CCleaner distributed malware with its installer

article published on 18 September, 2017

Super popular PC cleaning program CCleaner received a serious blow to its reputation as it was found that the software's orfficial installer distributed malware. The malware-infected CCleaner had a version number v5.33. Luckily though, the malware only affected 32-bit Windows systems and required administrator rights for the user before installing itself to the PC. CCleaner's author, ... [ read the full article ]

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jjstccean
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 11:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ccleaner in my opinion is just bloatware hugging good system resources. I won't use it.
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Bozobub
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There literally is zero excuse for this, much less from an AV vendor.
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DoktorThomas
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
CC has outlived its purpose. Many superior products are available for the same price.
Having read the article, Piriform will have to supply me with a new PC in order to coax me to use their products the future. And, no I won't use their CC software on the new PC. ©2017
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mcooksb
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 14:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My Norton did not like it and removed it from my system.
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Bozobub
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 14:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Most "cleaner" utilities are also more of a danger than anything else. I've had to fix innumerable systems with issues from using CCleaner, as well as other similar drek.
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abrogard
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 17:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my 64bit win10 system Avira found some 'cloud' thing in it or something and blocked the install.

my current ver is 5.27.

I have never had any trouble with ccleaner and thought it was good.

Impressed by all its extra features: 'tools'.

surprised by the comments here.

would someone care to give links to better products?
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Bozobub
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 17:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't recommend automatic registry "cleaners" at all. Seriously, I get tired of fixing what's done with 'em. Some of it is the fault of the programs themselves, some is the users and what the programs let users do with the registry.

Monkeys will monkey, and monkeying with your registry can be fantastically dangerous, frankly, especially on the scale these programs operate at. Furthermore, they can break many elaborate DRM schemes (by deleting "dummy" registry entries, most often).

Frankly, periodic reinstall of your OS ? no matter which you use ? is really the best "cleaner" out there. An image of a clean install, with everything you depend on ready to go,is an excellent alternative and time-saver.
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ivymike
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_ 		18. September 2017 @ 19:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Neener neener neener!!!!!
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fyvm666
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_ 		19. September 2017 @ 04:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
8 years or so ago Avast put out an update that completely cratered my Windows system. That would be forgivable, but they never to my knowledge publicized the problem so it took a me week before I could find other users who experienced the same problem and pointed at Avast. Switched to Avira and haven't looked back.
I also echo the sentiments above regarding automatic registry "cleaners".
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