3/11/2023 0 Comments Reddit ccleaner malware![]() ![]() ![]() The most recommended provider over at Reddit is without a doubt CCleaner, as it not only scans your registry but brings a whole lot of additional features along with it. Some go the route of looking up registry fixes to be done, and then go in and manually make optimizations. On a much shorter scale, but still present, are the ones who defend that scanning (but not necessarily automatically cleaning) your registry every once in a while should actually be a good practice. ![]() The uninstaller, startup optimizer and file shredder features for instance, are quite the common presence in a relatively wide range of clients and should be used often. On the other hand though, users seem to agree that the other tools that registry cleaners provide can in fact help towards a more polished computer. Defragmentation, another feature usually available in registry cleaners, shares the same level of animosity the vast majority of users also state that it is useless and will not help. ![]() Also, since your computer will now be infected and the program advises you to purchase their subscription in order to remove it, you are most likely to fall prey and, if you don’t, you may have to live with that same malware corrupting your machine. In addition to the very short performance gains you’ll be getting, Redditors also advise you to not even bother installing these, as many can be scams that will install malware on your computer so they can later list it as a threat after scanning. I tried resource monitor and to my surprise, I had completely forgotten that I even had CCleaner installed. But the thing seems to persist something was eating disk usage for D: drive in particular. Was anticheat just malware / spyware / rootkit that I should uninstall. My brain jumped conclusions that I might have randomly gotten malware or a virus, Did a full scan, about 20-30mins, was clean, later a restart. 13, Cisco Talos found that the official download of the free versions of CCleaner 5.33 and CCleaner Cloud also contained a malicious payload that featured a Domain Generation. The registry is defended as the last place you want to touch if you want to put your computer back on those golden years. EDIT: I tried to seek help on Riots Valorants Reddit, but my posts get. Computers running Windows Vista and later operating systems have large registries, disk space and system memory, enough to assure that they correspond to the expectations besides being able to “clean themselves”, according to technicians. Those same PC and Windows experts have stated that registry cleaners can indeed help the older computers running Windows XP, 2000 and even prior versions, although the risks still overshadow the benefits. In between general users there are also decades-old experienced technicians and former registry cleaner creators or resellers, who discourage the use of this kind of software, particularly if you’re using a fairly recent computer. The majority of comments defend that they are close to worthless or that they are the number one solution for the less techy. Regarding registry cleaners, the dominant trend is definitely the dislike that these receive. You’ll find hundreds of posts there from the dawn of times until just a few seconds ago, and all of them will help you towards making your own opinion. The malware C2 server uses a PHP file to define it's core variables and options - it uses the 'PRC' timezone (Peoples Republic of China) - it then gets the infected host's IP and MAC address and gets a listing of all software currently installed, and all running processes.If you want to know the internet community’s non-influenced opinion about any subject – either the most technical ones or anything else – nothing better than making a quick visit to Reddit. I know, I know, 'real' sysadmins don't use software like CCleaner, but I though it was interesting to look at the research into the malware and to say that Pinform and Avast lied to it's customers when they said that 'upgrading to the latest version removes the malware' - it doesn't, in fact, the recommendation coming out of Talos is that users ether restore their systems from backup or re-image their systems.Īnyway, turning to this malware, according to the C2 server's 'tracking database' it looks like the malware was specifically targeted at major western tech companies, such as Intel, Samsung, Sony, VMWare, Cisco and Microsoft (the entries of Sony and Samsung are very interesting, which I'll touch later) ![]()
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