SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform Ltd's free software that optimises computer performance last month, potentially allowing them to control the devices of millions ...

According to its parent company Avast, more than 130 million people use the performance optimization software CCleaner. And today all of those people need to be sure they’ve installed the latest ...

Hackers modified versions of the Avast-owned CCleaner software to infect potentially millions of PCs with a backdoor. The so-called supply chain attack targeting CCleaner users was discovered by ...

All you wanted was a faster computer. You thought that by downloading CCleaner, a popular and free app for optimizing PC performance, you'd sweep out those digital ...

CCleaner, an application distributed by security company Avast that helps users perform routine maintenance on systems, has been compromised, according to a report Monday, allowing hackers to ...

Several major technology companies were targeted by malicious code injected into Avast-owned Piriform CCleaner software prior to release in a supply chain compromise. Earlier this week, Piriform said ...