First off, the good news: This malware wasn’t around long and is easy to fix. This was only available in a fairly narrow span of time, August 15th to September 12th, on the 32-bit versions of CCleaner ...

If you use a software tool called CCleaner to keep your Windows PC humming smoothly, keep reading: the utility was just indicted by Piriform, the British company that makes CCleaner, in a troubling ...

All you wanted was a faster computer. You thought that by downloading CCleaner, a popular and free app for optimizing PC performance, you'd sweep out those digital ...

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Security software product maker Avast is announcing their acquisition of London-based Piriform. The latter is known for their CCleaner performance optimization software, a utility with 130 ...

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CCleaner 5.46 was released yesterday and aims to fix all of the problems that led to the fiasco with the previous release of CCleaner 5.45. With this release, Piriform has added settings that allow ...

CCleaner has promised a slew of changes to its software in response to user criticism of active monitoring processes which are almost impossible to disable. CCleaner, available in both free and ...

Although Microsoft notes the classification only targets the free version of CCleaner, the company does believe this move comes as a way to protect Windows users. In a statement, Microsoft suggested ...