- Joined
- 27 Oct 2016
- Messages
- 4,569
- Solutions
- 3
- Reaction score
- 6,776
The malware did not actively harm systems, but it did encrypt and collect information that could be used to harm your system in the future. In particular, according to Piriform, it created a unique identifier for the computer and collected:
Thankfully, it looks like this malware only affected a certain subset of CCleaner users. In particular, it affected:
Piriform - Security Notification for CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 for 32-bit Windows users
- Name of the computer
- List of installed software, including Windows updates
- List of running processes
- MAC addresses of first three network adapters
- Additional information whether the process is running with administrator privileges, whether it is a 64-bit system, etc.
- Users running the 32-bit version of the application (not the 64-bit version)
- Users running version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner or CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191, released on August 15th, 2017
Piriform - Security Notification for CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 for 32-bit Windows users