Hackers are setting up fake websites for popular free and open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements in Google search results. At least one prominent user on the ...

Windows Defender Flags CCleaner as 'Potentially Unwanted Application' Microsoft doesn't like how CCleaner will try to install other applications, including Avast Free Antivirus and Google's Chrome ...

It's now evident that the CCleaner malware attack was a targeted operation rather than being a brute force one. New clue suggests that the attackers targeted 18 tech companies for possible IP theft.

CCleaner has long been a classic among Windows system optimizers, and next year the much-loved tool will celebrate its 20th anniversary. It has such an enduring legacy and has been so popular that ...

For about 22 days, the CCleaner system maintenance application distributed malware through its official channels. It appears to have been an exploit of the CCleaner installer’s download server, ...

When Cisco Talos and Morphisec discovered a version of Avast CCleaner had been compromised to deliver malware, it was bad enough to learn millions of endpoints were threatened. Now, security experts ...

Ever since it bought Piriform in July 2017, the CCleaner software has brought only headaches to Czech cybersecurity firm Avast. This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, ...