Received email with instructions to install Breachguard free of charge for 6 months....downloaded it... till the end where I needed an activation code which you can only get with a purchas
So what is going on
Didn't know anything about that but searching reveals there's an AVG version and Avast version - same company btw. Probably best to ask on either AVG or Avast since they're the people making it depending upon which one you installed since this forum is for CCleaner specifically.
This was from CCleaner..as their files had been hacked..so they offered a download of Avast Breachguard for free for 6 months..for CCleaner users
Problem solved...the activation code was given on the original email...I was just too quick on the draw ?
We only had a few reports of the MOVEit email, and the free offer of Breachguard for six months.
Be aware that I believe the offer is for a free subscription to Breachguard, so if you keep it beyond the initial six months then it may automatically renew and charge you to keep using it.
I'm not 100% sure of that, but you may want to double check if an automatic subscription renewal/charge has been set up for Breachguard.
For some more details about the CCleaner emails, and advice about what to do if you have been affected in any data breach, see the thread here:
i don't think that there is anything to worry about, in this case.
there was a breach regarding ccleaner's paying customers, but i would imagine that most of the information was encrypted, so nothing to worry about.