You will see Advanced Boot Options window. As soon as your computer starts to load, repeatedly press F8 button.First, click on Start > Shutdown > Restart > OK.Here is what you need to do: Windows 7/XP/Vista users: If you have created a system restore point before installing the malicious CCleaner 5.33 version, you should restore Windows to that state immediately. The guide provided below explains how to uninstall the regular version of CCleaner and also how to cleanse your computer system in case you installed CCleaner 5.33 virus. It appears that this virus is capable of transmitting certain data from victim’s computer and also drops the second payload to target giant tech companies. Security researchers dubbed the malware injected into the legitimate software as Floxif trojan. The company also says that all users of 32-bit Windows system are at risk. The malicious version was available between August 15 and September 15, 2017.Īccording to Piriform (the developer of CCleaner), hackers managed to modify CCleaner 5.33 version before it was released to the public as well as CCleaner Cloud. As a consequence, the legitimate CCleaner servers started serving a malicious version of computer optimization software, resulting in 2.27 million infected machines. However, the company that offers this computer maintenance program recently became a victim of a cyber attack. #CCLEANER MALWARE WIKIPEDIA ANDROID#ĬCleaner is a free optimization program for Windows, macOS and Android operating systems.To uninstall these files, you have to purchase licensed version of Restoro Mac Washing Machine X9 uninstall software.ĬCleaner is a legitimate system optimization software that is trusted by millions of users worldwide. In addition, there are other versions for Windows, which are offered for a fee as Business Solutions. According to the manufacturer, the program has been downloaded more than two and a half billion times by 2020. has belonged to Czech antivirus provider AVAST since 2017. And AVAST was bought by Norton in 2021 (see Avast is bought by Norton for 8.6 billion US dollars). I don't recommend CCleaner – it's a kind of snake oil. Microsoft had even classified the part as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) for a short time (see Windows Defender flags CCleaner as PUP – Part 1). Cracked CCleaner Pro used as bait for malware trap But I have to note that millions of users still swear by CCleaner. Where a software is coveted and also available in a paid Pro variant, lies and scams are not far. Some users want CCleaner Pro, but do not want to pay anything. So search the pages of the wide Internet for cracked versions. Czech antivirus provider AVAST has recently discovered that cyber criminals want to lure users into installing a malware, Trojan that steals information, using a supposedly cracked CCleaner Pro as a bait. I became aware of this topic via the above tweet from colleagues. In a blackhat SEO campaign, cyber criminals succeeded in catapulting search results for their own offer to the top of the search engine hit list.īlackhat SEO is a term used in search engine optimization to bring websites to the top of the hit list, using (illegal) methods frowned upon by search engines. This includes, among other things, the automatic generation of texts and the intrusion into other people's systems to set backlinks in order to improve the ranking of one's own page.Īvast analysts noticed recently a malware spreading campaign, called FakeCrack, because the telemetry of AVAST security solutions suddenly kicked in. Every day, about 10,000 users, mainly from Brazil, India, Indonesia and France, were protected from infection. When security experts took a closer look, they found that users had searched for "ccleaner pro crack" on Google.įake "ccleaner pro crack" search results in Google, source: AVAST. The search results were displayed by Google on the first positions (see screenshot above). I did a quick test, there are still a lot of such hits displayed – although AVAST was able to place a link entry in between, which explains how to get CCleaner Pro.Īt this point I assume that the following info from AVAST is not also a FAKE message to discourage people from searching for cracked CCleaner Pro variants.
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