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To: PMS Witch who wrote (97980)	9/18/2017 3:30:19 PM
From: scion	3 Recommendations Recommended By Doug Coughlan goldworldnet steve harris Respond to of 110631

Hackers compromised free CCleaner software, Avast's Piriform says SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform’s free software for optimizing computer performance last month potentially allowing them to control the devices of more than two million users, the company and independent researchers said on Monday. The malicious program was slipped into legitimate software called CCleaner, which is downloaded for personal computers and Android phones as often as five million times a week. It cleans up junk programs and advertising cookies to speed up devices. Joseph Menn SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 / 9:39 AM / UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO reuters.com

To: PMS Witch who wrote (97980)	9/19/2017 10:47:28 AM
From: Ron	1 Recommendation Recommended By Gottfried Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110631

Since I use CCleaner I decided to run Malwarebytes on two of my machines that have it. On my Windows 7 desktop, three PUPs were found and quarantined, but on my laptop, Windows Defender sent off an an alarm while Malwarebytes was running, but when I opened it, nothing was found. However when Malwarebytes finished, it had found two PUPS and sure enough, Trojan.Floxif in the CCleaner installer that was still somewhere on the laptop. After a reboot, the Trojan was removed and the other two PUPS were in quarantine. Now I'm going to run Spybot and TrendMicro's Housecall. FYI More here: computerworld.com