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Malicious Code Present in “Piriform – CCleaner v5.33” – CleanUp
Piriform CCleaner is a system cleanup tool by Piriform, which is now owned by Avast. A suspicious activity identified on September 12th, 2017, where an unknown IP address receiving data from software found in version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner. Later it was present that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner...
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Defending against “Superfish’s VisualDiscovery Adware” using Saner Solution
VisualDiscovery is an Adware program by SuperFish.inc. VisualDiscovery was able to access consumer’s personal information sent online, including login credentials, social security numbers, medical information, and financial information.
