cyborgen Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) What a friggin mess !!! http://www.ccleaner.online/ Thought I was buying the Piriform version !!!. Installed it on all my PC's !!! Doing a whois domain search for support-geeks.com points to a registration somewhere in India. Registrant Name: Chandan GargRegistrant Organization: pcvark softwareRegistrant Street: 4 ba 4, Jawahar NagarRegistrant City: jaipurRegistrant State/Province: RajasthanRegistrant Postal Code: 302004Registrant Country: IN What is the relationship between the software and the actual trojan ? {link removed due to pop-up virus and malware alerts on mine and other members PC's} Thanks for any help. Edited July 1, 2017 by mta link removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted June 27, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2017 Ccleaner.online is not a reputable place for getting ccleaner. It is not related to piriform, and very well might be malware. Ccleaner should only be gotten from here at piriform.com/ccleaner or an authorized distributor (file hippo is the only one I know of for that). You should immediately go to a TRUSTED antimalware site and get checked thoroughly. Please see rule 10 for trusted sites https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showannouncement=15&f=4 ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyborgen Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Ccleaner.online is not a reputable place for getting ccleaner. It is not related to piriform, and very well might be malware. Ccleaner should only be gotten from here at piriform.com/ccleaner or an authorized distributor (file hippo is the only one I know of for that). You should immediately go to a TRUSTED antimalware site and get checked thoroughly. Please see rule 10 for trusted sites https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showannouncement=15&f=4 After a bit of investigation, looks like they've re-branded their ADVANCED PC CARE product !! They now call it CC-Cleaner available through www.ccleaner.online. This looks like lawsuit material. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/591286/advanced-pc-care-virus-scam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razz Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 It's interesting to note that the URL is "http://www. ccleaner.online/", but on the website it reads "CC Cleaner" - i.e. note the three Cs. A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on MajorGeeks A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on Softpedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 29, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 29, 2017 an obvious attempt to catch out the unwary - which I'm sure it will do and has done. these sort of losers rely on the fact that we all have moments of carelessness and it simply takes one click to wreck your day! hopefully Piriform will issue a take-down notice. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razz Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 hopefully Piriform will issue a take-down notice. I agree mta - hopefully Piriform will pursue this. A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on MajorGeeks A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on Softpedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 30, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 30, 2017 Piriform are aware. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 The second link in post 1 pops a warning from Avast here on XP. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Link gone now. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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