Montezuma

I am now fully up to speed on this topic, thanks to blokes who are a tad more knowledgeable about such things than I am. However, I am even more paranoid, about internet security, than ever. Is nothing sacred, . . . . . . or secure ? I may well take up the offer, of BreachGuard for a 6 month free trial.

Thanks for that. I wonder do you know when the relevant hack took place. Looking though the various incidents detailed via Google, there seems to be a degree of confusion, as to which hack was responsible for this info being available on the dark web ? Surely we are not referring to the hack that took place back in 2017 ? I have only been using CCleaner since earlier this year, so hopefully anything from an earlier time would not be a problem for me ? I have run all my important passwords through the password pwnd gizmo, and all seems to be OK. I will take your advice and run checks further down the road.

I have mereged this from a seperate thread to here, so that the replies about these emails are all together and easily found. - Nukecad. This may sound odd, BUT, I recently received a strange e-mail, supposedly from CCleaner, stating that my personal data had been compromised, and that I was now featured on the dark web. In order to verify that this was indeed from CCleaner, and not some sort of attempt at a scam, or other fraud, I made enquires via the official CCleaner web site using the form provided. I duly received a response saying that the message was genuine, and an offer was made of a 6 month free trial of a programme called BreachGuard. I am still not entirely happy with this situation, nor am I convinced that any of this is genuine. The responding message originated in Manila, in the Philippines, and as far as I know, CCleaner's offices are in London and the US ? I have also checked all my current e-mail addresses, via "Have I been pwned". There was no indication that any of my addresses had been compromised. Has anybody else experienced this situation ? If so, what action should I take ? I guess that I am just paranoid about on-line security ! Any advice would be appreciated.