Uninstall ALL Piriform Products...

If you have been using CCleaner and Defraggler from Piriform you'll want to uninstall them...

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Avast now owns Piriform and you might not know it but they've allowed their systems to get infected, and they're good at that...

Avast is not a good program and now the proof is in their own pudding...

What's worse, is that it went undetected, that's right, UNDETECTED for a MONTH before they noticed it...

We coined an old saying, "if you give the keys and codes to the robbers, you'll come home to an empty house"

The problem here is that you've allowed the malware to get into your system by a "Trusted" program so, you've given them the access...

At this point it's recommended to reinstall your computer/devices from scratch and change all your passwords, we've already done it...

Don't worry about malware getting into pictures or documents, but you'll want to download all new .exe...

Don't use any .exe installs that were on your system, download a fresh version...

Load only new drivers either from the MFG websites, or from you reinstall disk, then upgrade to the latest...

Your system is compromised, you can count on it, and if you continue to use your system in this state you'll be setting yourself up for failure...

You don't know what information they are gathering, what keystrokes they are recording and if you're logging into bank accounts, oooh, it's just a matter of time, not if, when rule will apply...

Not that reinstalling your computer was a big deal before, but it's even easier now, plus with mobile devices you'll be able to stay online while you reload your system, so really no down time...

We were a little nervous with the reinstall this time only because Microsoft was bottlenecking all Windows 7 downloads which made it unbearable to reload a system, but that's not the case anymore...

Microsoft downloads for Windows 7 are acting the way they should be, considering that the software is STILL SUPPORTED hint hint MS...

Sure, they aren't adding new features to the program, but they are still responsible for security updates, patches and connectivity fixes...

So again, remove ALL Piriform products from your system, due to their negligence and the fact that a Malware Software Company (Avast) let it through and let it go undetected is another reason to remove these programs like they never existed...

We'll be on the lookout for a replacement program, but for now, just use Disk Cleanup from Microsoft, it's already on your system...