HDD Diagnostic Virus

The HDD Diagnostic virus is a deceitful program that can appear as a legitimate software that can detect and repair hard drive, Windows registry and system errors. If your pc has been infected by the fake hdd diagnostic malware, you may want to read this article on how to remove hdd diagnostic scam infection.



Hdd diagonistic scam: The hdd virus
AKA the hard drive diagnostic virus, this HDD defragment virus can be an annoying malware characterized by fake alerts. Do not attempt to download much more pay for any hdd tools virus adverted links. Remove hdddiagnostic virus infection ASAP.

HDD Diagnostics virus removal
It is necessary that this hdd diagnostic tool virus be removed as soon as its symptoms show up. Otherwise, the hdd diagnostics virus can make it hard to use the compromised PC and this hdd diagnostics scam may also victimize other users of your PC.



How to remove hard drive diagnostic malware
hard drive diagmostic removal is necessary if your pc is compromised by this ransomware. Here's how to get rid of harddrivediagnostic:

1. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete).
2. Click on the Processes tab.
3. Click to highlight [SET OF RANDOM NUMBERS].exe, e.g. 1254875695.exe, aVdfrGdkeF.exe and click End Task. If it asks you “Are you sure you want to terminate the process?” click yes. This will stop Hard Drive Diagnostic.
4. Click to highlight explorer.exe and end it too. Then click the File -> “New Task (Run…)” from the menu on the bottom right. Type in explorer.exe and click OK.
5. Open directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp (in Windows 2000/XP)
C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Temp (in Windows Vista & Windows 7)
Delete all files from this directory.
NOTE: Local Settings folder is hidden by default so you will have to change folder options to see hidden files.

6. Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware for use as hdd diagnostic virus removal tool and run a full system scan in your HDD scan malware infected pc.
12/11/2010