'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' Message

'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' is a fake warning used by rogue defragmenter programs like Windows Repair. This error is one of many false messages intended to cause you to panic and purchase registration for the rogue security application infecting your computer. 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' and other fake errors may also contain links for downloading other types of malware that will harm your PC further. Since the rogue security programs that create 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' messages do so without regard for your system's actual state of health, the only way to remove 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' is to delete the threat that repeatedly spawns 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'.

'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' is Just One Small Sign of Larger Threats

The 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' problems will not appear on their own but are used as a threatening device by rogue security applications (particularly those in the fake defragmenter families). Known 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' - using rogue security programs include Windows Repair, Fake Windows Restore, Windows Recovery and Windows Diagnostic. All of these rogue security programs pretend to be defragmenters or system diagnostic tools, but all errors and other information that they provide are strictly inaccurate.

The primary 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' error text can be seen below:

'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'
Critical hard disk drive error has been detected!
[Rogue security program name] detected a bad sector on your hard disk drive.
This error may be caused by the following problems:
- Data corruption and loss
- Hard drive inaccessibility
- System errors and failures

It is strongly recommended that you fix the detected problem immediately.
Please run a full system scan and fix errors.

This error is only one of many that prompts the above rogue security programs to initiate fake system scans that show up plenty of horrible results. Like the fake errors themselves, these scans offer bad information that's only meant to make you give money to criminals through fraudulent product registration. There's no point in giving away your money, since having the rogue security program responsible for 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' on your PC will still present a grave security risk.

You may also see other fake errors, such as the following:

Critical Error
Hard Drive not found. Missing hard drive.

Critical Error!
Damaged hard drive clusters detected. Private data is at risk.

Critical Error
RAM memory usage is critically high. RAM memory failure.

System Restore
The system has been restored after a critical error. Data integrity and hard drive integrity verification required.

The Real Problems Hiding Behind the Fake Warnings Issued by 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'

Threats that use 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' are also known for causing other problems. Common symptoms include a hijacked web browser that redirects you away from safe websites and towards malicious ones, altered system and especially security settings, unauthorized changes to your Registry and generally poor application functionality.

All such problems are likely to make removing 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' and its infection difficult. If known solutions have been attempted and failed, you may want to try activating the fake security product with the code 8475082234984902023718742058948 to reduce the frequency of attacks.

The ideal fix for 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' and similar fake warnings is to delete the guilty rogue security program with an appropriate anti-malware scanner. These scanners will be able to undo Registry changes and other system problems to remove 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' and all malware without causing the problems typical to inept manual removal attempts.

'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' Manual Removal Instructions

Step 1 : Use Windows Task Manager to Remove 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' Processes

Remove the "'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'" processes files:

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Step 2 : Use Registry Editor to Remove 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' Registry Values

Locate and delete "'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'" registry entries:

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Step 3 : Use Windows Command Prompt to Unregister 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' DLL Files

Search and unregister "'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'" DLL files:

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Step 4 : Detect and Delete Other 'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error' Files

Remove the "'Critical Hard Disk Drive Error'" processes files:

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