A virus has been detected in the Windows operating system

It turned out that a dangerous virus is hidden in the popular Windows operating system.

Lent.az. reports about it BleepingComputer spread information.

The virus was reportedly hidden by cybercriminals in a fake version of CCleaner.

According to experts, unknown people have modified CCleaner by placing several dangerous viruses. Thus, users’ personal information was stolen through the program.

The hackers obtained the password and other information by scanning the browser cache and RAM of the user’s computer. The fake software then saved the stolen data and transferred it to the server.

Note that CCleaner is a utility used to clean unwanted files and invalid Windows registry entries from a single computer.