ishan_rulz Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Dear Ashampoo customer, We in the Ashampoo group take data privacy protection very seriously. Therefore we constantly strive to guarantee the maximum possible safety for our technical systems. Like many other companies we are targeted by organizations of hackers that try to break into IT systems in order to steal data. Unfortunately, one of our security systems fell victim to such an attack recently. An unauthorized access to one of our servers took place. However, subsidiary companies of the Ashampoo group are not affected by this incident. What happened? Hackers gained access to one of our servers. We discovered the break-in and interrupted it instantly. The security gap through which the hackers gained access was closed immediately. At the same time we reported this incident to the police. Further investigations are underway. Unfortunately, the traces of the well-concealed hackers currently disperse abroad. That is why the expenditure of the German law enforcement agency was significantly increased and the clearing up has become more difficult. Which data were stolen? The stolen pieces of information are data of addresses such as name and e-mail address. Billing information (e.g. credit card information or banking information) is definitely not affected, because our shop service contractors are concerned with this data and it is not stored on our system. What are the hackers doing with the stolen information? Among other things hackers try to use the vulnerabilities in mail server systems of other companies in order to send alleged order confirmations in their name. The company PurelyGadgets has for example announced on Facebook that their servers were used to send bogus confirmations of orders. [update (21.04.2011): According to the latest findings and in contrast to previously announced by PureleyGadets on Facebook, the servers of PurelyGadgets were not compromised, but the company name has been used for sending fictitious confirmations of orders.] The e-mails contain a manipulated PDF document in the attachments that apparently uses security vulnerability in order to load malicious code as soon as one tries to open the PDF. ..... http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/dth Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 22, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2011 This sort of thing is common now, servers get hacked. Good thing is no credit card or billing info was compromised, and they let folk know as soon as possible. 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...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Much ado about databases being breached recently. Just shows how little protection (maybe not, since these hacks are complicated, but still) is between your personal information and criminals. Scary winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Much ado about databases being breached recently. Just shows how little protection (maybe not, since these hacks are complicated, but still) is between your personal information and criminals. Scary In the old days they just went through your trash. Smelly but not complicated. 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...
trium Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 was this only on us-servers happens or also on german "home"servers? i have many ashampoo-tools, as winoptimizer ;-) a question in these context: why find winoptimizer and ccleaner different things in registry and crap-files (i dont know, how in english correct is) both are meaning, they are "safe"...? Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 23, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hi trium. Different things are found in the registry by different programs simply based upon what a particular programs developers decide what is safe to remove and what isn't, and depending upon how deep the developers decide they want to scan. Some registry cleaners will find hundreds more entries than a program like CCleaner, and some of those extra entries will more than likely not be invalid and should be left alone. I can't comment on Winoptimizer as I've never used it, but I'm sure there are members on here who have. I would say that there is always a risk cleaning the registry, so it's of paramount importance that you follow CCleaners dialogue each time and make a back up of the entries removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 In the old days they just went through your trash. Smelly but not complicated. True, but at least you didn't have to throw away your sensitive information winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 23, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2011 In the old days they just went through your trash. Smelly but not complicated. I'd hope they'd be going through bins of rubbish with super extra poopy baby diapers and get it all over them so they'd smell like ----. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I'd hope they'd be going through bins of rubbish with super extra poopy baby diapers and get it all over them so they'd smell like ----. The wages of sin is ... ... bedbugs. 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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