How to Remove Data Recovery Virus

The Data recovery virus is a fake software that poses itself as a computer analysis and optimization program. The data recovery malware specifically belong the family of rogue HDD programs. Just like its predecessors, the data recovery virus generates misleading alerts in infected computer. These alerts may tell you that your computer has problem in its hard drive, windows registry and hard drive. This tactic is employed to make you purchase the Data recovery software.

How does the Data recovery virus get into your computer system?
Your computer may have been compromised by the data recovery virus when you visit sites that exploit vulnerabilities in softwares installed in your PC.

Symptoms of Data Recovery Infection
Compromised computers are known to display false messages and security alerts that include adverts enticing you to buy the license key or upgrade to the full version of the advertised program to fix problems in your computer. This data recovery tool however is a hoax. All the generated security alerts you see in your computer system are either bogus or exaggerated. Do not be fooled into buying the Data recovery program this malware promotes.

Data Recovery Removal: How to remove data recovery virus from an infected computer
One of the most popular tools in removing fake softwares is Malwarebytes.

You can download Malwarebytes from http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php. If in case you can't download directyly to the infected computer, use another PC to transfer the file.

Refer to the guide below on how to use Malwarebytes to get rid of data recovery virus and other fake security tools:

1. Download mbam-setup.exe and then rename mbam-setup.exe to iexplore.exe
2. Launch iexplorer.exe to install Malwarebytes
3. Once the program is installed, navigate to your Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware folder.



Find mbam.exe and rename to iexplore.exe
4. Doubleclick iexplore.exe to launch Malwarebytes
5. Click the "Update" tab and click the "Check For updates" button.
6. Once the program has loaded and updates were downloaded, select "Perform Quick Scan", then click Scan.

7. Once the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
8. Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.


Examples of misleading alerts generated by rogue HDD softwares
Critical Error!
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file \System32\496A8300. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware.
Critical Error
A critical error has occurred while indexing data stored on hard drive. System restart required.
System Restore
The system has been restored after a critical error. Data integrity and hard drive integrity verification required.
Critical Error!
Damaged hard drive clusters detected. Private data is at risk.
Critical Error
Hard Drive not found. Missing hard drive.
Critical Error
RAM memory usage is critically high. RAM memory failure.
Critical Error
Windows can't find hard disk space. Hard drive error

Activation Reminder
Data Recovery Activation
Advanced module activation required to fix detected errors and performance issues. Please purchase Advanced Module license to activate this software and enable all features.

Low Disk Space
You are running very low disk space on Local Disk (C:).

Windows - No Disk
Exception Processing Message 0x0000013
Critical Error
Hard drive clusters are partly damaged. Segment load failure.