Windows 7 Recovery

Windows 7 Recovery is a rogue defragmenter and security program that creates fake system warnings to make you feel as though your computer is about to self-destruct. Such warnings are completely inaccurate, since Windows 7 Recovery has no code to detect threats to your system and can't fix any problems with your computer. Windows 7 Recovery may also prevent you from using certain security programs or hijack your browser. It's suggested that you try to avoid removing Windows 7 Recovery without the help of a high-quality anti-malware program, since Windows 7 Recovery is often bundled with rootkits and other advanced threats.

A New OS for the Same Old Threat

Windows 7 Recovery is part of a large group of fake defragmenters (or defraggers) that change names and code just enough to avoid easy detection. Some other rogue programs linked to Windows 7 Recovery include Windows XP Recovery, Windows Diagnostic, Windows Fix Disk, Windows Repair, Windows Recovery, Windows Restore and Windows Tool. Keeping your anti-malware software updated on a daily basis will help you have the threat definitions you need to detect and remove Windows 7 Recovery before serious harm comes to your PC.

Windows 7 Recovery uses a Windows logo and a generally sleek interface to make you think that it's a real security and defragging application. You'll even see supposedly advanced features like RAM optimization, proactive protection and disk cleanup, but Windows 7 Recovery can't perform any of the functions that it tries to sell to you.

The only thing Windows 7 Recovery is actually good at is creating fake errors like these:

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

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

Activation Reminder
Windows 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.

Windows - No Disk
Exception Processing Message 0x0000013

Critical Error
Hard Drive not found. Missing hard drive.

Critical Error
Windows can't find hard disk space. Hard drive error

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

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

Critical Error
A critical error has occurred while indexing data stored on hard drive. System restart required.

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.

Requested registry access is not allowed. Registry defragmentation required

32% of HDD space is unreadable

Registry Error - Critical Error

Drive C initializing error

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

Hard drive doesn't respond to system commands

Ram Temperature is 83 C. Optimization is required for normal operation.

Read time of hard drive clusters less than 500 ms

Data Safety Problem. System integrity is at risk.

You can rest assured that your hard drive is just fine - except for the presence of Windows 7 Recovery on your computer, at least.

Recovering Your PC from Windows 7 Recovery

Rootkits that accompany Windows 7 Recovery may make it difficult to remove Windows 7 Recovery even if you use Safe Mode to stop Windows 7 Recovery from launching itself. You can also expect a number of related symptoms, such as audio-based advertisements, browser hijacks, and being unable to use anti-malware applications or system tools like the Windows Task Manager.

If you have problems downloading or launching files, try renaming the files into generic names like 'explorer.exe.' These names are often allowed by Windows 7 Recovery and other rogue programs, which will let you download, install and use anti-malware programs without any hindrances.

Purchasing an activation key for the full version of Windows 7 Recovery may cause Windows 7 Recovery to reduce its attacks on your computer, but this also creates a risk of fraudulent charges and other credit card abuses. If you've made this mistake, speak to a representative from your credit card company to see if the charges can be canceled.