![]() ![]() This includes, among other things, the automatic generation of texts and the intrusion into other people's systems to set backlinks in order to improve the ranking of one's own page.Īvast analysts noticed recently a malware spreading campaign, called FakeCrack, because the telemetry of AVAST security solutions suddenly kicked in. In a blackhat SEO campaign, cyber criminals succeeded in catapulting search results for their own offer to the top of the search engine hit list.īlackhat SEO is a term used in search engine optimization to bring websites to the top of the hit list, using (illegal) methods frowned upon by search engines. I became aware of this topic via the above tweet from colleagues. Czech antivirus provider AVAST has recently discovered that cyber criminals want to lure users into installing a malware, Trojan that steals information, using a supposedly cracked CCleaner Pro as a bait. So search the pages of the wide Internet for cracked versions. Some users want CCleaner Pro, but do not want to pay anything. Where a software is coveted and also available in a paid Pro variant, lies and scams are not far. Cracked CCleaner Pro used as bait for malware trap But I have to note that millions of users still swear by CCleaner. Microsoft had even classified the part as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) for a short time (see Windows Defender flags CCleaner as PUP – Part 1). I don't recommend CCleaner – it's a kind of snake oil. And AVAST was bought by Norton in 2021 (see Avast is bought by Norton for 8.6 billion US dollars). has belonged to Czech antivirus provider AVAST since 2017. According to the manufacturer, the program has been downloaded more than two and a half billion times by 2020. In addition, there are other versions for Windows, which are offered for a fee as Business Solutions. Of course, it could also happen that a search for "CCleaner" turns up such manipulated results.ĬCleaner is a free optimization program for Windows, macOS and Android operating systems. If users follow the links of these hits, they download malware onto the system that steals information (Trojan or information stealer). AVAST has discovered a malware campaign (FakeCleaner) in which cybercriminals manipulated search results for a cracked CCleaner Pro in such a way that they acted as malware launchers.
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