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Fake CCleaner installs GhostDesk Chrome spyware 

ID: bd940694-0c54-54ec-98bf-157bb8a82bf8

STIX ID: report--bd940694-0c54-54ec-98bf-157bb8a82bf8

Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-08-11

Date Updated: 2026-08-12

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A fake CCleaner download site (ccleanerwind.top) distributes a trojanized CCleaner.exe that uses a CScript-based multi-stage loader to patch Chrome’s Security Extension and install a malicious extension named GhostDesk; the extension enables keylogging, credential and cookie theft, screen capture, script injection, and exfiltrates data to a C2 at liderongrade.duckdns.org (193.169.240.81). The report includes technical details of the infection chain, persistence mechanisms, sample SHA256 hashes, related fake installers, and recommended defensive actions.

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