CCleaner 5.35.6210

[Marko :)]

When I saw that all of you updated, I have updated it too.

 

[hamo]

Poll - What should Avast do with CCleaner backdoor?

 

[shukla44]

I updated it as soon as i got the update notification.

 

[R2D2]

Reinstalled from an old installer Mar 2016 and manually updated to the new version released 20th Sept according to the signature timestamp.

 

[Buntydee]

My computer 64 bit, was infected.!! Microsoft Security Essentials detected it when I scanned my comp, & deleted it. But I had at least 3 gb of strange files in my My Documents folder!!!

 

[R2D2]

My computer 64 bit, was infected.!! Microsoft Security Essentials detected it when I scanned my comp, & deleted it. But I had at least 3 gb of strange files in my My Documents folder!!!

Those 3 GB worth of files can't be due to this malware. Must be something else. Have you run the Windows disk cleanup utility?

 

[mlnevese]

CCleaner is probably the safest software to run right now... Avast must have turned every Piriform computer and server inside out looking for any trace of tampering...

 

[L S]

I updated , because I already have the CCleaner version.5.34 - and now updated to v.5.35 ....... the CCleaner version.5.33 was compromised - soo ....... they who has the version.5.32 & v.5.31 & bellow if they want can wait, ....... but for me with already updated to version.5.34 it's normal & smart to update to this newer version of CCleaner v.5.35 .

 

[509322]

I updated , because I already have the CCleaner version.5.34 - and now updated to v.5.35 ....... the CCleaner version.5.33 was compromised - soo ....... they who has the version.5.32 & v.5.31 & bellow if they want can wait, ....... but for me with already updated to version.5.34 it's normal & smart to update to this newer version of CCleaner v.5.35 .

Continuing to use the old, non-malicious versions with a potentially compromised certificate isn't a best security practice.

Everyone who continues to use CCleaner should update to the version with the new cert.

 

[L S]

Continuing to use the old, non-malicious versions with a potentially compromised certificate isn't a best security practice.

Everyone who continues to use CCleaner should update to the version with the new cert.

Well ... on every Tech Site & Avast ; Piriform too - Said that only the CCleaner version 5.33 is infected - those versions bellow are Not.
- But, Yes - If you use CCleaner It's safer and wise to use the latest version - of course .

 

[509322]

Well ... on every Tech Site & Avast ; Piriform too - Said that only the CCleaner version 5.33 is infected - those versions bellow are Not.
- But, Yes - If you use CCleaner It's safer and wise to use the latest version - of course .

You're not getting it. The uninfected older versions are using potentially compromised certificates.

 

[L S]

You're not getting it. The uninfected older versions are using potentially compromised certificates.

@Lockdown I Get It !!! ... But = ""potentially compromised certificates"" ... = does not necessarily mean that they are compromised .

P.S. - And in the previous reply I was saying they to wait a bit, not to "never" update.
- And of course the New Certificates - Are New ....

 

[509322]

@Lockdown I Get It !!! ... But = ""potentially compromised certificates"" ... = does not necessarily mean that they are compromised .

P.S. - And in the previous reply I was saying they to wait a bit, not to "never" update.
- And of course the New Certificates - Are New ....

Avast\Piriform is not willing to risk it therefore a new certificate was issued. Ideally, people should not use any of the old versions with the old cert.

 

[cutting_edgetech]

Avast\Piriform is not willing to risk it therefore a new certificate was issued. Ideally, people should not use any of the old versions with the old cert.

**Post removed** I thought I was in the Windows thread.

 

[L S]

Avast\Piriform is not willing to risk it therefore a new certificate was issued. Ideally, people should not use any of the old versions with the old cert.

Of course ....... But they do - people , they are scared to update to latest version = that's what I said/meant .......
....... misunderstanding .......

 

[cutting_edgetech]

Sorry, about my post about Microsoft. I thought I was in the Windows thread. I will delete the post now.

 

[509322]

Of course ....... But they do - people , they are scared to update to latest version = that's what I said/meant .......
....... misunderstanding .......

OK, now I understand. Yes, the irrational fears are rampant out there.

Sorry about the misunderstanding (forum posts are really a pain in that regard - they're so easy to misinterpret).

 

[roger_m]

The C2s weren't fully operational

CCleaner and installing avast with out permission...

The CnC server was taken down on September 15, three days after we first learned about the incident. Given how difficult these things tend to be, we consider this a very good result and I don't see how we could have done it any better. (By that time, the secondary CnC servers (the DGA domains) were already sinkholed as well, so that technically cut the attackers off their ability to control the backdoor).

 

[509322]

CCleaner and installing avast with out permission...

Re-read the original reports.

Systems were not compromised.

New reports out. Details have changed.

 

[motox781]

CCleaner is probably the safest software to run right now... Avast must have turned every Piriform computer and server inside out looking for any trace of tampering...

LOL, very true. I will continue to use CCleaner. Who's to say it can't happen to anyone else if it has already happened??