Moderators hazelnut Posted January 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just a heads up in case anyone is thinking of using this in a malware removal situation, the download is infected with Sality virus. Info here http://www.wildersse...469#post2180469 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 January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Bad news, big news. Thanks for the heads up, Hazelnut. Edit: The Bleeping Computer download link is down, but there are still some sites that allow a download of very recent versions of Combofix. I don't know when the infection got in, so I regard them all as unsafe till further notice. 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...
Moderators Andavari Posted January 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2013 Hence the reason to virus scan/malware scan each and every download because even trusted software has the potential to contain an infection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 How ironic: software that is designed to fight malware is infected with malware ! System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 29, 2013 Author Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thing is the people who are likely to have to download and use it are infected and may have compromised av's running anyway. Also users under instruction from Malware Removal Experts are told to disable their anti virus before running it. 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...
Guest Keatah Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 This is why it is important to have known-good & tested offline backups. Stuff gets out of hand? ..just restore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 29, 2013 Author Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2013 This is why it is important to have known-good & tested offline backups. Stuff gets out of hand? ..just restore! Unfortunately a lot of users out there are not as prepared and experienced as you are. But let's not get into that here as this thread is primarily a heads-up thread about combofix. 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...
eL_PuSHeR Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Thanks for the heads up Hazel. Fortunately for me I have never had the need to run combofix. And like Keetah I always do backups of my system partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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