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Reports are coming in that Piriform is forcing CCleaner to update to the latest 5.46 version even when users had configured the program to not perform automatic updates. To make matters worse, once ...

Update: On September 25, Avast confirmed that of the 18 companies targeted, a total of 40 computers were successfully infected with a secondary malware installation at the following companies: Samsung ...

Facepalm: System cleaning app CCleaner has made the headlines quite a bit over the last few years, but most of it hasn't been good publicity. Keeping with that trend, one user recently found that ...

Refuge, which is the UK’s largest provider of shelters for domestic abuse victims, says the problem is growing (Getty/iStock) More than two million people used an extremely popular software cleaning ...

It’s an accepted axiom that there’s an inverse relationship between security and convenience when it comes to computing. To wit, a great many of the operating system features and applications most of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform Ltd's free software that optimises computer performance last month, potentially allowing them to control the devices of millions ...

Malware that piggybacked on CCleaner, a popular free software tool for optimizing system performance on PCs, appears to have specifically targeted high profile technology companies and may have been ...

SAN FRANCISCO — That 2.3 million CCleaner app hack reported Tuesday? It turns out the actual end goal may have been a few dozen high-value targets in the tech industry, an example of the lengths ...

Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner -- one of the most popular system cleaners on desktop and mobile. Founded out of London in 2004, Piriform is ...