![]() It is this familiarity and breach of trust which is so disturbing. Its CCleaner program has been around since 2003 and has long been considered a must have by many users, who have trusted it to clean up their devices quickly and reliably. Piriform was bought by cybersecurity firm Avast Software in July 2017. ![]() The software does not update automatically and Piriform recommends a clean install following a virus scan. The company indicated that 3% of its users downloaded the affected software, and suggest that all users of CCleaner visit this link and download the latest, clean version. Piriform have posted an in-depth description of the specifics of the malware on their website. The incident potentially enabled unauthorized access to some 2.27 million devices. ![]() These copies of the software included malicious code inserting a backdoor through which further code could be downloaded from a remote server and run on the infected computer, without user consent. The downloads affected were those released on August 15th and August 24th for Piriform’s CCleaner and CCleaner Cloud. A backdoor enabled hackers access to 2.27 million devices In addition, it includes tools to reconfigure startup procedures and, in the update in question, a remote access tool. ![]() The software cleans up computers by deleting temporary internet files, cookies and obsolete files from a device. CCleaner is a free multi-platform program (Windows, Android, Mac OS) used by up to 130 million people worldwide.
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