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 ...

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The premium version of CCleaner is quick, convenient and unobtrusive. Some of its extra tools are of limited use, but the core of the program is excellent, and it can have a real impact on your PC's ...

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 ...

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Hackers modified versions of the Avast-owned CCleaner software to infect potentially millions of PCs with a backdoor. The so-called supply chain attack targeting CCleaner users was discovered by ...

CCleaner is one of the world's most widely used software tools for PC optimization, having been downloaded more than 1 billion times to date. The patent confirms CCleaner as a unique solution, with ...

If you installed the popular Windows registry scanner and cookie cleaner CCleaner after Aug. 15, you’re likely running a decapitated botnet. If you installed the free version of CCleaner after Aug. 15 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform's free software for optimizing computer performance last month and installed tools that could have allowed them to take ...

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 ...