PC World

CCleaner hacked with malware: What you need to know

It seems that CCleaner, one of PCWorld’s recommendations for the best free software for new PCs, might not have been keeping your PC so clean after all. In an in-depth probe of the popular ...
Ars Technica

Avast! There’s malware in that CCleaner software update

A software package update for a Windows utility product distributed by antivirus vendor Avast has been spreading an unsavory surprise: a malware package that could allow affected computers to be ...
Digital Trends

CCleaner downloads are found to be infected with malware, affecting millions

For about 22 days, the CCleaner system maintenance application distributed malware through its official channels. It appears to have been an exploit of the CCleaner installer’s download server, ...
Threat Post

Inside the CCleaner Backdoor Attack

Two members of Avast’s threat intelligence team shared new information about the CCleaner backdoor attack. MADRID—As the investigation continues into the backdoor planted inside CCleaner, two members ...
Ars Technica

CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared

The recent CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it initially appeared, according to newly unearthed evidence. That evidence shows that the CCleaner malware infected at least 20 computers from ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers push malware via Google search ads for VLC, 7-Zip, CCleaner

Hackers are setting up fake websites for popular free and open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements in Google search results. At least one prominent user on the ...