I got CCleaner because I understood it would be good to help prevent Adware. My phone has anti-virus and anti-malware protection. I don't visit sites likely to contain malware.
Therefore, it was a huge surprise to get a browser re-direct and an ad.
I ran scans, flushed browser cache, and ran CCleaner. When I ran CCleaner, after I did Analyze, there was an ad displayed for an app supposedly in the Play Store displayed in CCleaner.
Finally, I uninstalled and re-installed CCleaner. This seems to have gotten rid of the problem. I thought this solved the problem. But, no.
So, it seems that CCleaner has some kind of vulnerability. I'm sorry that I didn't record the version number prior to uninstall/reinstall, but it was originally installed within the last year.
Adware/hijacker affecting Galaxy S6
in CCleaner for Android
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I got CCleaner because I understood it would be good to help prevent Adware. My phone has anti-virus and anti-malware protection. I don't visit sites likely to contain malware.
Therefore, it was a huge surprise to get a browser re-direct and an ad.
I ran scans, flushed browser cache, and ran CCleaner. When I ran CCleaner, after I did Analyze, there was an ad displayed for an app supposedly in the Play Store displayed in CCleaner.
Finally, I uninstalled and re-installed CCleaner.
This seems to have gotten rid of the problem. I thought this solved the problem. But, no.So, it seems that CCleaner has some kind of vulnerability. I'm sorry that I didn't record the version number prior to uninstall/reinstall, but it was originally installed within the last year.
Any comments or suggestions?