The CCleaner Hack and What You Need to Know

          If you are familiar with CCleaner, the PC security product, you may have recently heard about the backdoor successfully inserted by hackers about two weeks ago. While Avast, the parent company of the firm that owns CCleaner, has tried to allay any fears of serious threats to users of the software, other security companies have expressed concern that the hack affected more users than Avast is letting on. Supposedly, around 2.3 million users were affected, but it's unknown as to how many received the "second payload," so they are encouraging users to not only update to the most recent version of CCleaner, but also run malware scans so as to cover all bases.

          We at DormNet regularly use CCleaner to clean clients' computers before running malware and anti-virus scans, so this potential breach in security obviously created some concern. However, we have updated all of our software, and the problem was likely targeting larger entities than college students. It is, however, better to be safe than sorry. If you are ever concerned about possible malware or virus attacks on your computer, let us know, and we can take care of it.