the news is talking about CC Cleaner being infected with malware through that credit reporting company, can't remember the name.. but it sounds like who ever is using it might better check and see. 

14 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

the news is talking about CC Cleaner being infected with malware through that credit reporting company, can't remember the name.. but it sounds like who ever is using it might better check and see. 

 

CCLEANER: Important Notice

Only 32 bit. 

 

Latest version here- https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard

@Stick486, @lew, @Smallpatch

Thanks guys for the heads-up and info. I had not seen or heard about this...

I'm running a 32bit Windows 7 but appears I missed that version release...my current v5.34.6207

I don't think I received an email from Piriform announcing this either...kinda troubling.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I don't think I received an email from Piriform announcing this either...kinda troubling.

I hadn't received any special notification, either. Picked up the information from my G+ account.

Unusual because Piriform seems to do a great job of communicating...just caught me off guard...

When I tried to download the newest version, it said the latest one was already installed. This is on a Kindle. Amazon may have updated it automatically and I missed it. Lots of stuff goes on that I miss.

34 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Lots of stuff goes on that I miss.

You too, eh?

John

I just have the free version. Should I be worried?

3 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

You too, eh?

John

I just have the free version. Should I be worried?

 

I used to use CC Cleaner and several other utilities. When my hard drive died my IT guy said that most of those programs just cause more problems. He Recommended Super Anti Spyware and Malwarebytes. If you are running windows it can be set up to automatically clean and defrag so those programs are not needed. No Problems since except when I forget to runs those two programs and things slow down.

10 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

 

 

 

19 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

You too, eh?

John

I just have the free version. Should I be worried?

Wouldn't hurt to update it.  https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

20 minutes ago, Gerald said:

my IT guy said that most of those programs just cause more problems

Agreed! Turn off the CCleaner's option for cleaning the registry. Registry entries don't take up that much space. Unless you are constantly installing/uninstalling programs the registry doesn't change much. 

 

 

Don't forget, keep your antivirus up to date!

THis just popped up in my email-

https://www.howtogeek.com/172820/beginner-geek-what-does-ccleaner-do-and-should-you-use-it/

12 minutes ago, lew said:

THis just popped up in my email-

Interesting viewpoint and analysis. Thanks Lew!

I've been using Malwarebytes and CCleaner for years and years along with my anti virus software. Never had a problem.  Mylwarebytes paid version, caught the CCleaner Trojan when I download the particular version that had the Trojan.    

 

I wouldn't go without the paid version Malwarebytes. The main and important difference is the paid version catches "stuff" in real time and stops ''stuff'' coming into your computer. The free version finds it when you do a scan and it is already on your computer. I will continue to use both.