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More than 2 billion users around the world have downloaded the Piriform CCleaner tool to help remove unwanted files and keep their systems secure. Now those users are at risk, as on Sept. 18, Piriform ...

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 ...

CCleaner is one of the world's most widely used software tools for PC optimization, having been downloaded more than 1 billion times to date. The patent confirms CCleaner as a unique solution, with ...

Avast has just announced that it has acquired Piriform, the developer behind CCleaner and Speccy. The deal was announced over a year since Avast coughed up $1.3 billion to acquire its rival, AVG ...

Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner -- one of the most popular system cleaners on desktop and mobile. Founded out of London in 2004, Piriform is ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform's free software for optimizing computer performance last month and installed tools that could have allowed them to take ...