Re: Ccleaner compromised - check what version you're using!
Posted: 2017-09-22, 06:29
Thanks to John connor and helloimustbegoing. I'll look into both those products.
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Now that it's known the CCleaner backdoor actively installed a payload that went largely undetected for more than a month, Williams renewed his advice that people who installed the 32-bit version of CCleaner 5.33.6162 or CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191 reformat their hard drives.
He said simply removing the stage-one infection is insufficient given the proof now available that the second stage can survive and remain stealthy.
Sure it is, for at least 20 computers all belonging to 8 of those 20 companies listed, over the last 4 days out of the 31 that the server was active. No computers from outside of that select group of companies are known to have been infected.Tomaso wrote:CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared:...
CCleaner users who run the new release may notice two changes immediately: It is nearly impossible to disable the monitoring part of CCleaner (Active Monitoring), and there are not any privacy settings anymore in the free version of the program.