HDD Repair Virus

The defrag hdd repair scam: The "hdd repair" virus is a clone of the HDD Plus virus. This hdd repair fake program may appear as a legitimate software that can optimize efficiency of your PC but beware, the hdd repair malware is actually a deceitful program. This is an article on how to remove hdd repair.

The fake hdd repair virus : How to spot hddrepair malware in your PC
Once your computer has gotten this fake defrag hdd repair virus, you may notice that your infected PC constantly show windows hdd repair security alerts. These are actually "hdd repair" malware - generated popups designed to make you believe you have to buy the software the hdd repair defrag virus promotes to keep your PC running in tip top condition.





To get rid of the hdd repair virus:

Reboot your hddrepair virus infected computer in “Safe Mode with Networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

Download, save and run the ATF Cleaner by Atribune. Under Main choose, Select All & click the Empty Selected button.

download Malwarebytes to use as hdd repair virus removal tool.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.

* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.



* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.

* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.

* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.

* When completed, a log will open in Notepad. The virus and the hdd repair popup should now be gone.

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