Prevx Says Ccleaner is malware

Prevx keeps telling me that Ccleaner is malware. Does anyone know why? I did a search and didn't find anything about this.

 

my ccleaner shows no threat, maybe let prevx clean it up and re download from file hippo http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

 

The 3.0.5.65 release is quite old, so update to the latest official release as well.
(3.0.5.130).

 

update as suggested above. issue fixed, see
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=271956

 

Thanks Cudni. I'm not sure its the same issue though. There have evidently been some compatibility issues but this seems to be a problem of identifying CCleaner as malware.

If the OP wants to use an official release its best to get it from the prevx website or the link in the thred on the 3.0.5.130 release. It would then be prudent to let Prevx clean it up and re-install CCleaner.

 

@ caspian please do as Cudni asked to see if it fixes your issue? If not update CCleaner to the latest release from here: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download If your problem is still there after a scan then you will have to send a scan log to Prevx to fix your issue! https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=245129

HTH,

TH

 

This detection comes from a heuristic to identify potential rootkits but it could also take place if you have a partially corrupted harddisk. Could you please try running Chkdsk on your PC and run another Prevx scan to see if it still comes up?

Thanks!

 

could this result be becuase of the ask toolbar.?

 

I wouldn't think so, although I just noticed that the OP has not upgraded from version 3.0.1.65 - the newer releases correct this behavior so we'd recommend upgrading

 

I uninstalled both Ccleaner and Prevx and then reinstalled. It's all cool now. Thanks