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How to Get Rid of HDD Tools Virus? Remove HDD Tools Manually and Completely
HDD Tools is not a real system optimization program, it is rather a new kind of fake virus. This HDD Tools is similar to it's counterparts hdd rescue, hdd defragmenter, win hdd etc..
This HDD Tools is spread thru' fake scanners and trojans and configured to run automatically at Windows startup.Once started it will imitate scanning your pc and displays lot of infections which are obviously fake warnings and will say that the only way to get rid of them is to buy full version program.
Don't fall for this kind of scam and if you already have you should contact your credit card company to dispute charges.
The below fake warnings will be shown
Windows detected a hard drive problem.
A hard drive error occurred while starting the application.
OR
Windows cannot find notepad. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
Fix Disk
Windows Disk Diagnostics will scan the system to identify performance problems.
Start or Cancel
Do not press the Start button, if you press it will simulate a fake scan and scar you that wrong with your hard drive. You would see the following message
Windows Disk 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 software to fix the detected hard drive problems. Do you want to download recommended software?
Requested registry access is not allowed. Registry defragmentation required
Read time of hard drive clusters less than 500 ms
32% of HDD space is unreadable
Bad sectors on hard drive or damaged file allocation table
GPU RAM temperature is critically high. Urgent RAM memory optimization is required to prevent system crash
Drive C initializing error
Ram Temperature is 83 C. Optimization is required for normal operation.
Hard drive doesn't respond to system commands
Data Safety Problem. System integrity is at risk.
Registry Error Critical Error
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
Critical Error!
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file System32496A8300. 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
And now coming back on How to remove HDD Tools Virus, you need a solid program to repair the damages, the rogue has caused. It alters files, folders, permissions and registry keys entirely.to revive your PC from malicious trojans that may still dwell and make your PC slow and to stop from getting re-infected.
HDD Tools Antivirus manual removal instruction.
In order to get rid ofHDD Tools Antivirus altogether, start your PC in safe mode with networking,by pressing F8 key. Clean your Windows temp folder.
Remove the below files and registry entries. If you do not have enough expertise in dealing with computer files, folders, processes, DLL files, services & registry entries, please take aid from someone who can does this for you because manual deletion is a tedious process and does not always assure that the deletion of the spyware antivirus is absolute. Otherwise Get Reimage license by going toreimagepcrepair.com in order to remove HDD Tools Virus.
HDD Tools Antivirus stores its files in Windows temp folder. You need todelete these files.
%UserProfile% is C:/Documents and Settings for Windows 2000/XP & C:Users for Windows Vista/7
%Temp% is C:/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/ProfileName/LOCAL SETTINGS/Temp for Windows 2000/XP & C:/UsersProfile/Name/AppData/Local/Temp for Windows Vista and Windows 7
If you can`t run the IE, then you should fix the proxy settings of Internet Explorer.
Run Internet Explorer, Click Tools -> Internet Options, Select Connections Tab and Click LAN Settings button.
Uncheck "Use a proxy server" box. Click OK. Click Apply. Click OK.
And go to http://repairmypc.cz.cc/to run a Scan.
Reimage first scans your computer thoroughly; all the files, folders, registry keys and values, drivers, software, stacks and then either fix or remove those stuffs that should be there. But it's not just that it does. They have an huge web repository of application, drivers, system objects, etc. from where they compare your PC's files and if corrupt replace it with the healthy ones.
Go to Reimage For a Comprehensive Scan Now to Get Rid of HDD Tools Virus Completely
