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4 years ago by stagsrule77 Latest reply from whs Topic Viewed 1167 times stagsrule77 critical hard disk drive error Posts: 1 This post has been reported. Hi, I've just recieved a critical hard drive error which I believe is
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a virus. My browser suddenly dissapeared and I got loads of hard drive critical error warning messages across my screen as well as in the bottom corner telling me that there was no space external hard drive virus left on the hard drive etc. I then got a system restore program come up prompting me to buy the full program in order to successfully remove all the problems with the hard drive. I have been looking around and have seen that this virus is quite common and you can get rid of it. The problem I have however, is that after I recieved the virus, I panicked smart hard drive virus and tried to restore my computer to an earlier date. It didn't work however and it came up with an error message whilst restoring. Now everytime I turn my computer on, it appears with a first screen that says "Keyboard Language Options," Once I have chosen United Kingdom it then comes up with a system recovery options screen that gives me two option the first is to use recovery tools to select an operating system to repair but there is nothing there and I dont know what to choose when I select load drivers or I can choose to restore using a system image you created earlier. After choosing the latter it then just says there has been an error and that I must restart and so I can't get any further then theis screen, it just keeps going round and round. Has anyone seen this before and if so could you please help me? My laptop is a Toshiba satellite L450D-119 and unfortunately I don't have a recovery disc. Thanks. Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top whs Posts: 17584 This post has been reported. That is a nice virus. Probably hard to get rid of. If you can find the name o
rogue virus called Windows Diagnostic. Virus writers are becoming experts in SEO (search engine optimization) and are getting
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infected sites ranking very high in the search engines. Although these hard drive virus removal sites only rank high for a short time, they can do tremendous damage while they are
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showing up. In this particular case, the computer I was cleaning up was infected when its owner went to the following sites from a Google search. http://www.discountesteelauder.co.cc/78ke http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hard-drive-critical-error-and-system-restore-error-please-help 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 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. http://www.pchell.com/support/windows_diagnostic.shtml 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 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 diagno
Replies A friend called that he opened a Microsoft Word file from an unknown sender, and clicked the "Enable Macro" security option, and then his computer stopped working with the following error message window prompted. http://lichao.net/eblog/resolved-the-critical-disk-error-malware-201401878.html Windows has encountered a corrupted folder on your hard drive. Multiple corrupted files have http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/04/remove-critical-hard-disk-drive-error.html been found in the folder "My Documents". To prevent serious loss of data, please allow Windows to restore these files. And there are two "Restore files" and “Restore files and check disk for errors” link at the bottom. My friend did not believe these messages were legitimate ones from Microsoft and suspected that his computer was infected hard drive by some kind of virus / malware. So he didn't go ahead to click any of these two links and gave me a call. I am glad he did since who knows what would happen if he clicked them. I instructed him on the phone to use "Alt+F4" to close these suspicious programs, but it does not work for this particular window. And he rebooted his computer a couple time, but hard drive virus as soon as his network has been connected, this error message prompted again. I asked him to do a safe mode reboot, but unfortunately he could not boot into the safe mode even he pressed the "F8″ key before the Windows loaded. So I decided to play a visit to see what was going on. Then I found out that his OS is Windows 8.1, and I had to boot into the Safe Mode according to this TechNet article " Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode) " by holding "Shift" key while I clicked the Restart option in Windows 8. In the Safe Mode, I had a chance to snip around and finally found out the cause. Here are my steps: Press Win+R, then type "msconfig" to find out what kind of services/program run at the startup. And I found out there was a weird program called "Diablo III Setup", and disabled it and took it noted. Press Win+R, and type "regedit" to check any startup items from there. Usually you should check HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce; For 64-bits OS, you might need to check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce;
The below was what I found. From the step 2, we can see there was a Executable file in a random strings folder under "C:\ProgramData"Database Deals & Giveaways Be A Guest Writer Your computer is infected with malicious software? Do you have pop-ups on your PC? If so, search this blog for removal instructions or browse computer threats by category. Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Remove Critical Hard Disk Drive Error Warning (Uninstall Guide) Tell your friends: Tweet "Critical Hard Disk Drive Error" is a fake warning that you may see when the fake Windows Repair program is installed on your computer. The same fake error message may pop-up when your computer is infected with Windows Diagnostic and Windows Restore rogue applications. It states that a critical hard disk drive error (a bad sector) has been detected! It may supposedly cause data corruption, hard drive inaccessibility, and system errors or failures. In order to fix these errors you will be prompted to pay for a full version of the fake Windows Repair tool or it could be any other scareware from this family, e.g. Windows Restore. Please do not give them your credit card details because there is no guarantee that your credit card details aren't going to be sold to other third parties. If you got this "Critical Hard Disk Drive Error" warning as shown in the image below, scan your computer with anti-malware software. If you want to learn more about this scareware or you need help removing it, please follow this removal guide. Good luck and be safe online! Posted by Admin at 11:46 AM Labels: Fake Alerts 0 comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading Security Threats & Risks Adware (316) Browser Hijackers (183) Fake Alerts (38) Malicious websites (7) Ransomware (91) Rogue programs (277) Rootkits (6) Spyware (1) Trojans (57) Viruses (3) Worms (3) Anti-Malware Applications SUPERAntispyware Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Microsoft Security Essentials Spybot - Search & Destroy Online Anti-Malware Scanners ESET Online Scanner F-Secure Online Malware Scanner Symantec Security Check Blog Archive Blog Archive Jan 2016 (1) Dec 2015 (6) Nov 2015 (6) Oct 2015 (9) Sep 2015 (10) Aug 2015 (28) Jul 2015 (21) Jun 2015 (23) May 2015 (26) Apr 2015 (33) Mar 2015 (35) Feb 2015 (34) Jan 2015 (39) Dec 2014 (30) Nov 2014 (32) Oct 2014 (18) Sep 2014 (14) Aug 2014 (9) Jul 2014 (25) Jun 2014 (26) May 2014 (5) Apr 2014 (19) Mar 2014 (7) Feb 2014 (13) Jan 2014 (19) Dec 2013 (20) Nov 2013 (13) Oct 2013 (11) Sep 2013 (20) Aug 2013 (4) Jul 2013 (17)