Aussie Rockman#Ccleaner caught in another scandal. This time it isn't #malware in the supply chain. It's only casually forcing an update to the latest version in addition to resetting #privacy settings and sending user data back to #Avast and #Piriform. Not a good look. #infosec
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/ccleaner-disregarding-settings-and-forcing-update-to-latest-546-version/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/ccleaner-disregarding-settings-and-forcing-update-to-latest-546-version/
CCleaner Disregarding Settings and Forcing Update to Latest 5.46 Version
Reports are coming in that Piriform is forcing CCleaner to update to the latest 5.46 version even when users had configured the program to not perform automatic updates. To make matters worse, once the users were upgraded to the latest version, their privacy settings are reset to default, which is to send usage data.