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A CE MAGAZINE HEADS UP!!!<br />

THIS IS A MUST READ, IF YOU’RE NOT SURE HOW TO FIND OUT IF<br />

YOU GOT HACKED VIA CCLEANER THEN GET HOLD OF YOUR<br />

COMPUTER TECH!<br />

#Cyber Risk<br />

September 18, 2017 / 3:39 AM / 2 months ago<br />

Hackers compromised free CCleaner software,<br />

Avast's Piriform says<br />

Joseph Menn<br />

4 Min Read<br />

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform Ltd’s free<br />

software that optimizes computer performan<strong>ce</strong> last month, potentially allowing<br />

them to control the devi<strong>ce</strong>s of millions of users, the company and independent<br />

researchers said on Monday.<br />

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in<br />

this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper<br />

Pempel/Illustration/File Photo<br />

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