buzzard697 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Hi, I just thought I'd let you know that yesterday I installed CCleaner after seeing a promotion for it on a morning TV chat show. Within 30 minutes my computer was infected with one of those desktop wallpaper hijackers and my symantec corporate virus software was going nuts. I'm not very happy, I can only assume that as this was the only thing I'd installed and I only visited 2 websites, both of which I visit all the time (work related) that CCleaner was to blame. Needless to say I have uninstalled your program for now and purchased and run xsoft spy which has fixed my issue. Has this happened to others? buzzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 No. Absolutely not. Where did you download CCleaner from? It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 buzzard, sorry to hear about your problem. Please read: Prevention protection implementation http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=11523 "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzard697 Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 No. Absolutely not. Where did you download CCleaner from? I downloaded it from the link listed on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 try posting a HiJackThis log. it may just be spyware or something other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzard697 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 try posting a HiJackThis log. it may just be spyware or something other. If "just spyware" is downloaded when I download CCleaner there is an issue don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Last updated on 16th June 2006 Over 20 million downloads!!! http://www.ccleaner.com there is an issue don't you think? Its a coincidence not an issue.You probably got it from a drive-by infected site and you did not have the recommended prevention protection installed. Post a HijackThis log in the correct area and the experts will look at it. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 buzzard, sorry to hear about your problem. Please read: Prevention protection implementation http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=11523 edit I downloaded it from the link listed on the website. The link from What website? CCleaner is not infected. You must have downloaded from a bad site. But without any more information from you we can't help you. Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 2, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2006 Infected? or a not-a-virus warning pop up like what Kaspersky has, because of the installer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putnik Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Hi, Just to say that I have never had any trouble installing CCleaner... However I read somewhere that xSoft Spy is itself a spyware program... I would try using the free download from "Spybot S&D" to double check for spyware, though would think that Symantec should detect any infection quite effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Refer to Lunarsoft.net and get your pc properly cleaned. A third party distributor more than likely was infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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