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9/18/2017 7:59 AM

	NitWitNick
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CCleaner, contained malicious backdoor

"CCleaner is a popular Windows utility used by many millions of internet users to remove cookies, wiped browsing histories, and clean-up temporary internet files where malware might be lurking. " ----- https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/dec44974-0404-3250-9f6d-86679743d258/ss_ccleaner%2C-distributed-by.html

9/18/2017 10:22 AM

	NitWitNick
259 posts

Re: CCleaner, contained malicious backdoor

Some Updates --- "We estimate that 2.27 million users had the affected software installed on 32-bit Windows machines" ---- "The affected versions of the software are CCleaner 5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191. The company is urging users to upgrade to version 5.34 or higher"