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areimer

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I am running CCleaner.  Windows10 defender has found a threat - PUABundler:Win32/Bundler. 

1) Is this right?  Or is this part of CCleaner?

2) When I check details of this PUA, it gives me the filename C:\Users\[name]\Downloads\spsetup129.exe, but I can't find this in my Downloads folder.  If I do a complete search of C: drive, I can't find spsetup129.exe anywhere.   Where is this file?

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3 hours ago, areimer said:

.  If I do a complete search of C: drive, I can't find spsetup129.exe anywhere.   Where is this file?

Probably in quarantine. Thoughtthat's a very old speccy i think. Latest is 1.32.

The "malware" probably being referenced is potential unwanted app bundler. So it's probably flagging the included software with the free version (something i believe doesn't occur in newer ccleaner.com installers) likely a toolbar or avg antivirus or chrome.

 

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They have taken those bundlers out of the Speccy (and Recuva, and Defraggler) installers, but you appear to have got an old installer from somewhere,
Presumably from a link on another forum or website.

Speccy is now at version 1.32 so I'm not too surprised that an old v1.29 installer would still have the bundler in it.

Download the installer for the latest Speccy v1.32 version from here and Defender won't have a problem with it: https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/builds

PS. Defender is not saying that the bundler in the v1.29 installer is malware just that is a Potentially Unwanted Application.
Potentially - you may not want/need it, but you might do.

PPS. If you did get the v1.29 installer from a forum/website then you might want to let them know that their link is out of date.

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