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PSA for CCleaner users!!
Hackers Hid Backdoor In CCleaner Security App With 2 Billion Downloads -- 2.3 Million Infected
Read more:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/09/18/ccleaner-cybersecurity-app-inf...
I used this for a very long time because I thought it was easier to just have a tool do for me what I could do in a few different built-in accessories for Windows. I'd rather do it all by hand than keep something I know might be comprimised again, especially with the threat of keyloggers and whatnot.
Wow... Good to know.
Things like this is the single reason why I've avoided the temptation to use things like password utilities (like 1password) and such. That, and cloud-based things that make apps hand-off friendly.
All nice ideas, but as we know, that road is always paved with good intentions and someone's always out there looking for an exploit.
For those that hate Forbes: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/avast-unknowingly-bundled-malware-ccleaner,35477.html
Massive kudos to ClamAV.
Thanks C0RR0SIVE I just grabbed the link off twitter, didn't realize it had so much junk on it without adblock/ublock origin on.
Have seen some reports where the malware reports to something in the 216.126.x.x range.
Would not surprise me if it's ServerCrate, which uses 216.126.224.0 - 216.126.239.255 in my spam ID list.
