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Avast's CCleaner Free Windows Application Infected With Malware (bleepingcomputer.com)
Reader Tinfoil writes: Cisco Talos announces that malware cleaning app, CCleaner, has been infected with malware for the past month. Version 5.33 of the CCleaner app offered for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif malware, according to a report published by Cisco Talos a few minutes ago. Cisco Talos believes that a threat actor might have compromised Avast's supply chain and used its digital certificate to replace the legitimate CCleaner v5.33 app on its website with one that also contained the Floxif trojan. The company said more 2.27 million had downloaded the compromised version of CCleaner.
CCleaner wasn't malware all along?
It certainly seemed that way given how they advertised.
It seems that most anti-virus programs slow your machine down more than the malware than they purport to protect you from - and they're as damaging to your privacy too.
I'm not at all clear on what value they bring to the table.
Ian Ameline
I love the cover image for "The Giggling Mongoose: Scarlet Hearts" -- the cover image reads, "The Giggling Mongoose: Scartlet Hearts" - he can't even fucking spell the titles of his books properly... do you really expect him to put any effort into the actual CONTENT?
If only Photoshop had a spellchecker! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll have it fix tonight. The downside of being an indie author is that you're one-person publishing house and mistakes happen all the time.