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Old 27th August 2012 | 16:32
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randyrippley
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I'd say at a guess that its a false positive
CCleaner DOES run what could be described as "cryptic processes", so my guess is that a recent SuperAntiSpyware update has bad heuristics.
However, if you want to be sure, uninstall CCleaner and then download again from the Piriform website - not from one of the file distribution sites

I used to use SuperAntiS a lot as part of cleaning up machines, but gave up over a year ago partly due to it missing a lot - but also due to false positives. I got the impression that they were struggling to keep up with changing patterns of infection

However......if your "registry booster" is the UniBlue product then that could well be infected. It tends to carry a number of hidden browser redirects, and initiates scamware adverts which may not be obvious as malware. Remove it. Anyway, if you have CCleaner installed - and used - then there is no reason to have any "registry booster" software: CCleaner is enough

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