Tag Archives: CCleaner

Fake CCleaner search results link to malware (information stealer)

Posted on 2022-06-09 by guenni

[German]AVAST has discovered a malware campaign (FakeCleaner) in which cybercriminals manipulated search results for a cracked CCleaner Pro in such a way that they acted as malware launchers. If users follow the links of these hits, they download malware onto … Continue reading →

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CCleaner v5.70 fixes Firefox bug

Posted on 2020-08-09 by guenni

[German]Piriform has released CCleaner version 5.70 with a bug fix after the CCleaner version 5.69 cleaning tool had a fat problem with deleted Firefox extensions. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Bug: CCleaner 5.69 deletes files from Firefox extensions

Posted on 2020-08-03 by guenni

[German]New problem with the tool CCleaner Version 5.69. The program deletes files of Firefox 79 extensions, in which data or settings are stored, when cleaning. Here are a few details about this free software for Windows and a workaround. Advertising

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Windows Defender flags CCleaner as PUP – Part 1

Posted on 2020-07-30 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's Defender integrated into Windows marks Piriform's CCleaner software as a potentially unwanted program (PUP, Potential Unwanted Program or Potential Unwanted App, PUA). Advertising

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CCleaner v5.64.7613 released

Posted on 2020-03-05 by guenni

[German]Today a blog post about CCleaner. There is an update to version v5.64.7613, that has been released on March 3, 2020. Here are a few details about this free software for Windows. Advertising

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CCleaner 5.56.7144 released

Posted on 2019-04-20 by guenni

[German]A brief information for CCleaner users (I know that some of my blog readers are interested in that stuff). Piriform released an update to CCleaner v5.56.7144 for Windows on April 49 2019. Advertising

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CCleaner v5.54.7088 available

Posted on 2019-03-10 by guenni

[German]A brief information for CCleaner users (I know that some of my blog readers are interested in that stuff). Piriform released an update to CCleaner v5.54.7088 for Windows on March 4, 2019. Advertising

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CCleaner v5.53.7034 available, forced update again?

Posted on 2019-02-21 by guenni

[German]A brief information for CCleaner users (I know that some of my blog readers are interested in that stuff). Piriform released an update to CCleaner v5.53.7034 for Windows on February 19, 2019. Advertising

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CCleaner v5.52.6967 released

Posted on 2019-01-21 by guenni

[German]A brief for CCleaner users (I know that some of my blog readers are interested in this). Piriform released an update to CCleaner v5.52.6967 for Windows on January 17, 2019. Advertising

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CCleaner forces update from v5.38 to v5.46

Posted on 2018-09-12 by guenni

[German]It seems that Piriform's CCleaner will be forced to be updates from old version 5.38 to version 5.46 – and the telemetry settings are switches on by default. Advertising

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