Prior to joining the SafetyDetective restarting can help confirm that bundled software or make changes to system settings that users traces of malware.
The customer shared with Morphisec the attack report, which also included the attack via CCleaner Morphisec prevented. At the moment it is unclear who is behind this attack but based on its success it is easy to guess that the attack was highly sophisticated and attackers knew what they were on to. In some cases, customers send Morphisec their attack reports because they have a special interest in some prevented attack. Users of Avast-owned security application CCleaner for Windows have been advised to update their software immediately, after researchers discovered criminal hackers had installed a backdoor in the tool.
