“A suspicious activity was identified on September 12 2017, where we saw an unknown IP address receiving data from software found in version of CCleaner, and CCleaner Cloud version, on 32-bit Windows systems. Piriform’s Paul Yung said: “We would like to apologise for a security incident that we have recently found in CCleaner version and CCleaner Cloud version. The company said it first noticed the issue on September 12 and released safe versions of both programs within three days, but the modified version of the software had been available for a month. (v5.33), your system is likely compromised > restore/reinstall If you installed CCleaner between the 15th Aug.
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Piriform, which is owned by Avast, claimed it has managed to remove the compromised versions of CCleaner “before it was able to do any harm”. The malicious code attempted to connect computers with recently registered web domains – a common tool used by hackers to download further malware onto infected computers. Piriform, which develops the CCleaner software designed to remove unwanted files from Android phones and Windows PCs, said it had identified “suspicious activity” in two versions of the program which it found had been “illegally modified”. A security firm has apologised after hackers inserted malicious code into versions of its software that were downloaded by customers.