It is curious when you compare the reaction to the compromised CCleaner to that of the recent Eternal Blue\Double Pulsar exploits.
People were freaking-out for months over EB\DB - with an incredible amount of utter nonsense on the forums and web.
Compromised CCleaner had\has the
potential to be 100X worse than EB\DB. The number of compromised systems could have turned out to be a staggering number. It is right up there as a worst-case scenario. However, compared to EB\DB, "CCleaner Crisis" is generating only a fraction of the user concern.
This only proves that even advanced users do not fundamentally understand security risks. "Advanced" user does not necessarily mean knowledgeable user.
Typical users and forum members don't bother to actually read articles, reports or forum threads in their entirety. However, they are great at looking at pictures, looking at graphs, and reading only the sensational headlines - and drawing conclusions based only on those 3 entirely inadequate bits of infos.
And before anyone gets bent out of shape, my observation is just what it is - an observation - and nothing more. Nothing intended other than pointing out that if one does not bother to research and read, then one is apt not to understand the real issues affecting their digital security.