ccsetup548 detected as 'Suspicious Object'

[Nightowl 202]

Hello,

CCleaner is a trusted software as far as I know and it doesn't do any harm , could it be a false positive or my other computer did act up?

I've tried both times on different PCs , but each PC gave a different result

Laptop I have tried to download CCleaner and ESET has detected it as 'Suspicious Object' and blocked the download from being completed using Chrome and Edge, I have restored it from Quarantine , and I have installed it and ESET didn't warn me again about it after Restoring from Quarantine , and no I didn't exclude it.

PC I have tried the download using PaleMoon , and it worked without any trouble without ESET blocking it

Both computers do use 12.0.27.0 Internet Security.

Edited October 25, 2018 by Rami

[itman 1,659]

32 minutes ago, Rami said:

PC I have tried the download using PaleMoon , and it worked without any trouble without ESET blocking it

Eset's web filtering only supports Chrome, Edge, IE11, and Firefox.

This is a great development that in that it appears Eset has finally beefed up LiveGrid's detections.

BTW - you do remember the hacked CCleaner update download debacle a while back?

Edited October 25, 2018 by itman

[Nightowl 202]

11 hours ago, itman said:

Eset's web filtering only supports Chrome, Edge, IE11, and Firefox.

This is a great development that in that it appears Eset has finally beefed up LiveGrid's detections.

BTW - you do remember the hacked CCleaner update download debacle a while back?

I didn't know about it honestly , but that was a good read if you are interested : https://blog.avast.com/update-ccleaner-attackers-entered-via-teamviewer

Are you sure that ESET doesn't filter PaleMoon? , but I don't think that matters , because the first block happened while the browser was trying to save the file , It didn't filter the website , but it did block the executable from being on the PC

Edited October 26, 2018 by Rami

[Marcos 5,070]

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Eset's web filtering only supports Chrome, Edge, IE11, and Firefox.

Actually the communication of any http-aware application is filtered, not only in browsers.

[Nightowl 202]

2 minutes ago, Marcos said:

Actually the communication of any http-aware application is filtered, not only in browsers.

As far as I believe and remember correctly I can't test it again , but ESET do block websites/prevent communications in PaleMoon also

PaleMoon is built on Firefox source if that might make any hint.

[TomFace 539]

On ‎10‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 4:22 PM, Rami said:

Hello,

CCleaner is a trusted software as far as I know and it doesn't do any harm , could it be a false positive or my other computer did act up?

I've tried both times on different PCs , but each PC gave a different result

Laptop I have tried to download CCleaner and ESET has detected it as 'Suspicious Object' and blocked the download from being completed using Chrome and Edge, I have restored it from Quarantine , and I have installed it and ESET didn't warn me again about it after Restoring from Quarantine , and no I didn't exclude it.

PC I have tried the download using PaleMoon , and it worked without any trouble without ESET blocking it

Both computers do use 12.0.27.0 Internet Security.

Here's a reminder https://www.howtogeek.com/326742/ccleaner-was-hacked-what-you-need-to-know/

Since then, I have not gone back to CCleaner...it was too much pain (for me) after the hack.

Interesting enough, while searching HTG (How-To Geek), I ran across this article from Aug 2018. https://www.howtogeek.com/361112/heres-what-you-should-use-instead-of-ccleaner/

Regards,

Tom

 

Edited October 26, 2018 by TomFace

[Nightowl 202]

@TomFace, The hack sounds crazy indeed , I was shocked that even though that the company is acquired by Avast , still got infected by several malware levels. , infecting 2 millions PCs among them, but I still use it from time to time to clean Registry that's why , actually I didn't really know that it was hacked , I was surprised.

[TomFace 539]

Yes it was ugly (for me). I am surprised you are/were unaware of it, as active as you are posting on this Forum.

If I recall correctly it was right after Avast acquired Piriform (If I'm incorrect, please someone correct me).

Here's a link to the thread (Sept 2017) at the Piriform Forum concerning the hack:  https://forum.piriform.com/topic/48869-announcement-security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191/

Regards,

Tom

Edited October 26, 2018 by TomFace

[Nightowl 202]

14 hours ago, TomFace said:

Yes it was ugly (for me). I am surprised you are/were unaware of it, as active as you are posting on this Forum.

If I recall correctly it was right after Avast acquired Piriform (If I'm incorrect, please someone correct me).

Here's a link to the thread (Sept 2017) at the Piriform Forum concerning the hack:  https://forum.piriform.com/topic/48869-announcement-security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191/

Regards,

Tom

Nope I didn't come across the news or did read about it anywhere , Haha reading both posts made me remove CCleaner , indeed it was a surprise that's why I was surprised about ESET detecting it as Suspicious Object, but it's a shock , a big AntiVirus company like Avast still cannot detect a malware in one of their programs. or even detect that there was something suspicious in the behavior of the software

2 millions infected machines is a huge number!

That's why I prefer Linux over Windows , atleast you don't need to defrag and clean Registry and all of that crazy things Windows will throw at you while you use it with the time.

Edited October 27, 2018 by Rami