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rogue virus called Windows Diagnostic. Virus writers are becoming experts in SEO (search engine optimization) and are getting infected sites ranking very high in the search engines. Although these sites only rank high
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for a short time, they can do tremendous damage while they are showing hard disk bad sector repair windows 7 up. In this particular case, the computer I was cleaning up was infected when its owner went to the following sites hard disk bad sector repair tool from a Google search. http://www.discountesteelauder.co.cc/78ke http://www.mainezoocoupons.co.cc/bi4k Neither site is operational now, but they did show up in search results and helped infect the computer with some nasty rogue malware called Windows Diagnostic. This malware http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-performance/damaged-hard-drive-clusters/129df5ba-0a1d-46b7-828a-2b6f0b6e3866 is virtually identical to a number of other drive utility type scareware products like Windows Repair, Windows Scan, Windows Safe Mode, Windows Disk, and Windows Restore. It shows a PC Performance & Stability report and scares you into thinking your computer is about to crash...unless you purchase the product. What Does Windows Diagnostic malware look like? The Windows Diagnostic malware presents a "PC Performance & Stability Report" when it http://www.pchell.com/support/windows_diagnostic.shtml pops up on your computer. This report shows the same sorts of alerts that many rogue antivirus type programs show. However, it takes things a step further. Instead of showing viruses, trojans, and other malicious programs that have invaded your computer, it tells you that your hard drive and computer are crashing with a variety of messages such as: "Hard Drive Failure The system has detected a problem with one or more installed IDE / SATA hard disks. It is recommended that you restart the system" "System Error An error occurred while reading system files. Run a system diagnostic utility to check your hard disk drive for errors" "Critical Error Hard drive critical error. Run a system diagnostic utility to check your hard disk drive for errors. Windows can't find hard disk space. Hard drive error" "Fix Disk Windows Diagnostic Diagnostics will scan the system to identify performance problems. Start or Cancel" "Windows Diagnostic Diagnostics Windows detected a hard disk error. A problem with the hard drive sectors has been detected. It is recommended to download the following sertified
and security. Windows 7 Fix enters your computer using a Trojan. Once Trojan is installed, Windows 7 Fix will display constant fake error messages and alerts http://www.enigmasoftware.com/windows7fix-removal/ to trick you into paying for a "full version" of this useless program. http://www.bvainc.com/windows-7-recovery-spyware/ How Windows 7 Fix Along with a Trojan Carries Out Its Devious Plans Windows 7 Fix is downloaded and installed usually without the user's authorization with the assistance of a Trojan. Once installed, Windows 7 Fix makes changes to the Windows Registry to allow Windows 7 Fix to start up automatically when Windows starts hard disk up. While Windows 7 Fix is running, Windows 7 Fix will display constant error messages. Windows 7 Fix will run a fake scan of the computer, which will, no matter how many times you run it, always find dozens of malware problems. Conveniently for Windows 7 Fix, these malware problems cannot be fixed unless the "full version" of the program is purchased. Don't fall for it; Windows hard disk bad 7 Fix is not a real computer optimization tool. Windows 7 Fix may modify your file system to make it look like all files and folders completely disappeared from your computer. Windows 7 Fix will also delete your Start menu shortcuts. However, Windows 7 Fix creates back-ups of these in your Temp folder. Don't worry, because your files aren't really gone. Once you've removed Windows 7 Fix, just change your system settings to allow you to view hidden files and folders again. To protect itself from anti-malware applications, Windows 7 Fix uses rootkit-specific techniques to block access to your own registry, files, and programs. Whenever you try to open an executable file, you will get one of the following error messages: Hard Drive Failure The system has detected a problem with one or more installed IDE / SATA hard disks. It is recommended that you restart the system. System Error An error occurred while reading system files. Run a system diagnostic utility to check your hard disk drive for errors. Critical Error Hard drive critical error. Run a system diagnostic utility to check your hard disk drive for errors. Windows can't find hard disk space. Hard drive error. If you
(PDF) Blog Blog Home Consulting Contact Alliances About Contact Careers Support Portal Solutions IT Support Consulting Consulting Methodology Consulting Security Overview Top Questions to Ask IT Service Providers Your Business Needs Cloud Strategy Pricing Cloud Computing Microsoft Online Datasheet (PDF) BVA Dedicated Cloud (PDF) Blog Blog Home Consulting Contact Alliances About Contact Careers Support Portal Blog Windows 7 Recovery (Spyware) 19May 2011 š¤admin šAntivirus, Desktop, Spyware/Malware 000 I recently encountered a spyware/virus infection on a Windows 7 PC that was quite interesting. It was entitled Windows 7 Recovery. At first the spyware makes you think that your hard drive has failed and that you have many errors on your system. What actually happens to your desktop is the interesting part. The spyware takes all programs, desktop items, as well as the startup programs and marks them as hidden. This gives you the impression that something is wrong with your hard drive and you need to fix it. The fake Windows 7 Recovery then informs you that it has the ability to fix the issues for you if you purchase the software. This should be your first sign that it is not a legitimate piece of software. If you did not install it and itās asking you to buy it, then stop immediately and contact your IT support. Also, do not worry about your files, as they are still there just hidden. How to Fix: I ran the sysinternals tool "autoruns" to find out exactly what program was automatically running and causing the problem. I went to the logon tab and under the registry keys for run I found 3Ā suspiciousĀ files consisting of randomly generated characters. I removed all three of these as well as the registry keys associated with them. I also found a few other registry keys that were affected, which block certain things such as the ability to change the desktop background and use task manager. Remove the below registry keys if found on your system: NOTE: If you do not know anything about the registry consult a technology professional. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "