[Zone Alarm found a trojan in CCleaner]

You say " I have been denying access and CCleaner seens to be working".I would think it was the other way around. or did you really mean to say "allowing" access.I think you should say "allow" and also check the box to "apply this setting to all suspicious behavior by this application.

davey

 

No sir. I have actually been clicking "deny" on the suspicious behavior warning from Zone Alarm. The whole time, CCleaner is going through files and deleting some. I have been afraid to click "allow" until I know for certain it is safe.

 

Every time I start using CCleaner, that same warning comes up, and I click "deny"..

 

Thank you

[Zone Alarm found a trojan in CCleaner]

Hello anthro,

CCleaner does things things that most programs don't do.Many anti-virus programs get "suspicious" about it.As you can tell from this thread,sometimes there are "false positives" and sometimes CCleaner gets deleted or quarantined.

Zone Alarm will probably make some tweaks to adjust for this.

No one has reported an actual infection caused by CCleaner as long as you only download from Filehippo.com or Alternative download.

I wouldn't worry at all.

davey

 

Thank you, davey.

 

When I receive my "suspicious behavior" notice, should I allow or deny access? I have been denying access and CCleaner seens to be working, but am I not permitting access needed for the application to work properly?

[Zone Alarm found a trojan in CCleaner]

This is just a guess on my part, however do you have this setting enabled in CCleaner's Options->Settings:

Automatically check for updates to CCleaner

No sir. I prefer not to use automatic updates because often the update comes at an inconvenient time no matter what time I select.

[Zone Alarm found a trojan in CCleaner]

My Zone Alarm warns me of 'Suspicious Behavior" when I try to use my new version of CCleaner v.2.07.575. It says CCleaner is trying to launch C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe, or use another program to gain access to privileged resources.

 

I am ignorant of all the computer technology. I have no idea if this is concerning some sort of trojan or not. I was simply concerned since I have been using CCleaner for a long time without anything like this appearing.

 

I use CCleaner several times every day.

 

Thank you.

[CCleaner is incredibly slow now]

Is there any chance that you could uninstall and try the slim version listed here ?

 

http://www.CCleaner.com/download/builds

WOW! Thank you, hazelnut! The "slim version" is much more to my liking! It downloaded promptly, and it works much faster.

 

Thank you, again.

[CCleaner is incredibly slow now]

Older versions are always available on the right hand side under the newest download at:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

 

I have been extremely comfortable with CCleaner for quite a while. Ever since I read about it. I keep it handy all the time, and probably click on it a dozen times a day.

 

When this new version came out, I was surprised that I was notified by e-mail. Then, I was further surprised when I noted the different name and color. And finally, I was very suspicious when this new version ran three or four times longer than my previous versions, after it took my slow dial-up connection two hours to download!

 

It's free. Please do not think I'm ungrateful. I must assume this new version is simply much more thorough. After that lengthy download, I certainly am not anxious to switch back to an earlier (and presumably less-efficient) version.

 

Thank you.