Microsoft now detects CCleaner as a Potentially Unwanted Application

Viruses and worms
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Microsoft now detects CCleaner as a Potentially Unwanted Application
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-now-detects-ccleaner-as-a-potentially-unwanted-application/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=PUA:Win32/CCleaner&ThreatID=277099

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And it is not only Microsoft, also MBAM warns on the update downloads for instance.
(Is this because of obfuscation used?).
There are also problems opening browsers that then may hang for some time,
slowing down the device (laptop) considerably.

polonus

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Here’s What You Should Use Instead of CCleaner
https://www.howtogeek.com/361112/heres-what-you-should-use-instead-of-ccleaner/

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Dev-Info from CCleaner Community Forums:

[i]There was a repack yesterday of 5.69 - currently available directly from https://download.ccleaner.com/ccsetup569.exe which VT shows as clean: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/09029869a47a9008ddfc5b338e60c22afd133685d9666df8cf498df769f67095/detection

MS is showing as flagging 5.68 (https://download.ccleaner.com/ccsetup568.exe) on VT though: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/65aa2e551486ece85e13885fca99520efa9f5c622bac087b4d78ab2da2a620ca/detection

Slim and portable 5.69 (https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds) show up as clear from MS on VT.[/i]