Return of the Update Nag

[mta]

my personal opinion on the Emergency Update feature - it's a knee-jerk reaction to the v5.33 security breach, and there's nothing wrong with that.

in that example, those with v5.33 would have received the patch a lot sooner than if they waited for the normal auto-update schedule.

to stop using a malware infected program within hours instead of weeks has to be a good thing.

 

the new feature's main purpose is to win back public trust, it ticks the boxes that they are listening and have a process in place to minimise a repeat.

[nukecad]

So I get why the emergency updater has been introduced, but have a couple of questions.

Why is it not shown as a scheduled task by CCleaner itself? (Even in Advanced Mode its not shown).

Oh, and when naming the 'CCUpdate.exe' were Piriform/Avast not aware that there are exsiting programmes/processes that use the same name (albeit with a different mix of upper/lower case), at least one of which is associated with a 'worm'? (Just give it a quick Google).
Heres an example: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ccUpdate-758.html

[Andavari]

Oh, and when naming the 'CCUpdate.exe' were Piriform/Avast not aware that there are exsiting programmes/processes that use the same name (albeit with a different mix of upper/lower case), at least one of which is associated with a 'worm'? (Just give it a quick Google).

Heres an example: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ccUpdate-758.html

 

I'll link an admin to your post because anti-malware will also detect things based upon their name possibly causing a false positive.

[nukecad]

I'll link an admin to your post because anti-malware will also detect things based upon their name possibly causing a false positive.

 

Cheers, that's why I mentioned it.

[Andavari]

They haven't responded. So we'll see what happens.