How to Remove HDD Repair Fake Security Program?
HDD Repair (aka HDDRepair) is a rogue defragmenter which is a new variant of HDD Plus, HDD Diagnostic and Hard Drive Diagnostic malware. With the help of Trojans, HDD Repair can enter into your computer thru system vulnerabilities without your awareness and launch automatically whenever your computer warms up. Similar to its predecessors, HDD Repair pretends to scan your computer and deliberately inform you about a few errors which could not be fixed unless you purchase its license. HDD Repair is also good at making use of fake warning messages which report imaginary issues related to hard drive and RAM memory. The main purpose of this rogueware is to make you think that something has gone wrong with your system and needs immediate fix. And each of its bogus popups can link you to a web page for your purchase. Don t imagine that HDD Repair will help you solve the problems on your PC and improve your PC performance. Since it s a rogueware, it s impossible to uninstall HDD Repair via Control Panel. But the following removal tutorial is specially made to help you remove HDD Repair virus.
HDD Repair Screenshot:
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it is suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing HDD Repair Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can not work for missing some files.
So it is recommended to remove the virus automatically:
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HDD Repair Virus Manual Removal
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Open Task Manager and end the processes of HDD Repair Virus.
3. Click Start button and click Run
4. Type in regedit and run it.
5. Find and delete the following registry files of HDD Repair Virus:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “[random]“
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “[random].exe”
6. Show all hidden files so as to completely delete HDD Repair Virus.
7. Click View tab and select Show files and folders and save the changes.
8. Search your hard disk and delete the following files HDD Repair Virus:
%Temp%[random]
%Temp%[random].exe
%Temp%[random].dll
%Temp%dfrg
%Temp%dfrgr
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]DesktopHDD Repair.lnk
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]Start MenuProgramsHDD Repair
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]Start MenuProgramsHDD RepairHDD Repair.lnk
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]Start MenuProgramsHDD RepairUninstall HDD Repair.lnk
How to Delete a Virus Manually
Please, be aware that manual removal of HDD Repair virus is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That is why it is strongly recommended automatic removal of HDD Repair virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic HDD Repair virus Removal:
This Automatic HDD Repair virus Removal Tool will fast and completely detect and delete all associated malicious components to save your time and hassle.
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