CCleaner, a popular Windows app for system optimization and maintenance, has at some point been hijacked by hackers, potentially tricking millions of people into installing malware on their personal ...

Hackers have hijacked the popular Windows app CCleaner by injecting malware into the program, resulting in 2.3 million infected computers. Users who have CCleaner installed in their PC are strongly ...

This morning, Piriform, developer of PC maintenance tool CCleaner, announced it was breached by hackers who infected an estimated 2 million users with malware. Prifirom says the incident has since ...

Version 5.33 of the CCleaner app offered for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif malware, according reports published by MorphiSec and Cisco Talos. Floxif is ...

Ever since it bought Piriform in July 2017, the CCleaner software has brought only headaches to Czech cybersecurity firm Avast. This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, ...

Many of you might be happy to see CCleaner come to Android, as I know it’s pretty popular on Mac and PC. Finally it’s arrived on the Play Store. Not only has CCleaner hit the Play Store, but they have ...

Users of the popular CCleaner program by Piriform are being advised to update the application after researchers at Cisco's Talos division discovered hackers had hidden malware inside. The contaminated ...

Piriform's CCleaner has been my (and many others') preferred desktop maintenance tool for as long as I can remember, and today is when the nifty application made its way into the Android ecosystem.

In brief: Many users like to keep their systems clean of unnecessary files with apps like CCleaner or Wise Disk Cleaner. Microsoft appears to be quietly working on a first-party alternative that could ...