In mid-July, Avast Software, one of the world's largest security companies, acquired Piriform, the humble creator of CCleaner, the wildly successful PC tune-up utility. Avast claims to stop about 1 ...

The maker of the popular optimization app CCleaner has confirmed hackers stole a trove of personal information about its paid customers following a data breach in May. In an email sent to customers, ...

It has been discovered that Piriform’s CCleaner, owned by antivirus provider Avast, was found to be hosting a “multi-stage malware payload” that could install ransomware or keyloggers and further ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The maker of the popular optimization app CCleaner has confirmed hackers stole a trove of personal information about its paid ...