WARNING: Those of you out there who use security application CCleaner owned by Avast for Windows, watch out. Researchers have discovered that criminal hackers had installed a backdoor in the tool. The tainted application allows for download of further malware, be it ransomware or keyloggers, with fears millions are affected. According to Avast’s own figures, 2.27 million ran the affected software, though the company said users should not panic.
Avast! There’s malware in that CCleaner software update – Ars Technica UK
http://news.google.com Sep 19, 2017
Avast reckons CCleaner malware infected 2.27M users – TechCrunch
http://news.google.com Sep 18, 2017
Hackers used a massively popular PC cleanup tool to distribute malware – Yahoo Finance UK
http://news.google.com Sep 18, 2017
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