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PWizard posted on Sep 18, 2017 5:55:05 AM - Report post

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"...we found that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner and the 1.07.3191 version of CCleaner Cloud was illegally modified before it was released to the public..."

"An unauthorized modification of the CCleaner.exe binary resulted in an insertion of a two-stage backdoor capable of running code received from a remote IP address on affected systems."

Chris O'Rorke (chris@cheathappens.com)
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B4Marc posted on Sep 18, 2017 10:00:36 AM - Report post

"...the threat has now been resolved in the sense that the rogue server is down..."

Saved by the free version: it's often delayed thru download.com (1-2 days)

Thanks for the warning Chris

Freedom is doing what we enjoy, happiness is enjoying what we do.

La liberté c'est faire ce que l'on aime, le bonheur c'est aimer ce que l'on fait.

Happy pc gamer
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mjcouncil04 posted on Sep 18, 2017 11:17:44 AM - Report post

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originally posted by PWizard

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"...we found that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner and the 1.07.3191 version of CCleaner Cloud was illegally modified before it was released to the public..."

"An unauthorized modification of the CCleaner.exe binary resulted in an insertion of a two-stage backdoor capable of running code received from a remote IP address on affected systems."

Thank you for the advice Mr. PWizard. I use that program myself.