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The How-To Geek Forums Have Migrated to Discourse How-To Geek Forums / Windows 7 Hard drive critical error and system restore error, please help! (2 posts) Started 4 years ago by system restore xp virus stagsrule77 Latest reply from whs Topic Viewed 1167 times stagsrule77 Posts: 1 This
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post has been reported. Hi, I've just recieved a critical hard drive error which I believe is a virus. My browser suddenly system restore virus windows 7 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 left on the hard drive etc. I then system restore virus windows 8 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 and tried to restore my computer to an earlier date. It didn't
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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 of the virus, you may find a removal procedure on the internet. In the interim, you might want to scan the system with Malwareby
October 9th 2011Randall Savage October 9, 2011 How To Remove System Restore Virus - Removal System Restore is a fake program. This page contains step by step System Restore virus scan system restore Virus removal instructions. The System Restore Virus is a bogus system repair virus system restore files program infecting Windows computers. Do not buy or attempt to activate System Restore. Removal instructions are at the bottom
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http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/hard-drive-critical-error-and-system-restore-error-please-help A users computer becomes infected by the System Restore Virus when a malicious executable file is downloaded and run. The file is the installer for the System Restore Virus. The infected file that contains this virus is usually a video update, flash update or video. The System Restore Virus was created by cyber gangs to make a profit. Their intentions are to https://spywarehelpcenter.com/how-to-remove-system-restore-virus-removal/ scare computer users with fake alerts, convince the computer user that System Restore can fix the issues, and recommend the purchase of the fake program. Unfortunately the System Restore Virus will hide all of your files, cause your hard drive to spin constantly, remove shortcuts from the start menu and cause the desktop to go black. This virus is extremely malicious. However, your files are not permanently gone, they have simply been hidden by the System Restore Virus. System Restore Virus Screen Shots Additional Screenshots (click to enlarge) System Restore is completely fake and will not fix any hard drive problems. Please do not panic if you are infected with the System Restore Virus. The warnings and alerts displayed by computer which are infected with the System Restore Virus are completely false. The only problem with your computer is that it is infected with System Restore. Errors and alerts displayed by the System Restore Virus: 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 syrogue 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 http://www.pchell.com/support/windows_diagnostic.shtml only rank high for a short time, they can do tremendous damage while they http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03327592 are 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.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 system restore 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. 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 system restore virus "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 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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