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I wish I could say the same for some of their competitors. So far, Avast appears to be handling it well. What’s arguably at least as important as good security is the quality, speed, and honesty in response to security issues that are discovered. Of course this should never have happened, but as I’ve said before: there’s no such thing as perfect security. In my opinion, Avast has done a good job of publicly reporting the issues, and continuing to report on the progress of their investigation.

Consumer machines were characterized as “uninteresting” to the malware. The current understanding is that this was a targeted attack on “select large technology and telecommunication companies”, according to Avast. The command-and-control servers used to make that delivery have been taken down. The malware itself did nothing malicious, other than act as a gateway for the potential backdoor installation of additional malware. Initial indications are that while the malware has affected over two million machines, it’s effectively been neutered. They’re also in the process of determining the exact scope of the attack, who was vulnerable and to what degree, and what safeguards they need to avoid this type of thing happening again. When the official site itself is compromised, even that advice doesn’t help.Īvast (the new owners of Piriform’s CCleaner) has updated the product to remove the malware, and current downloads are safe.

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I’m constantly telling people to download software from the official download site to avoid unexpected add-ons in the form of PUPs and malware. … regardless of what is being said by some click-bait headlines.įor one month, downloads of CCleaner version included malicious software. CCleaner remains a valuable tool for your computer maintenance needs… I don’t believe in “one strike and you’re out”.

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