If you use a software tool called CCleaner to keep your Windows PC humming smoothly, keep reading: the utility was just indicted by Piriform, the British company that makes CCleaner, in a troubling ...

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 26, 2014) - Piriform, the leading provider of computer optimization software, announced the launch of CCleaner for Android, available now as a free download for both ...

Avast, today's largest vendor of security software, has acquired Piriform, a UK-based company that is behind many successful desktop and mobile apps, such as CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, and Defraggler.

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 ...

Hackers modified versions of the Avast-owned CCleaner software to infect potentially millions of PCs with a backdoor. The so-called supply chain attack targeting CCleaner users was discovered by ...