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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
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following sites 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. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/386590/hard-drive-failure-critical-error/ 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. 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 http://www.pchell.com/support/windows_diagnostic.shtml 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 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
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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