HDD Defragmenter
Posted: November 2, 2010
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 110 |
First Seen: | November 2, 2010 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
HDD Defragmenter is a phony hard drive optimizer disguised as a legitimate application. HDD Defragmenter is secretly installed onto a PC before bombarding the desktop with fake alerts and reports claiming it can do all sorts of things to optimize your hard drive. Victims of HDD Defragmenter are coerced into purchasing its so-called licensed version in order to make use of this offer. Of course this is a scam and victims that encounter notifications from HDD Defragmenter should use a legitimate malware removal tool to remove this rogueware completely.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%TEMP%\winsp1up.exe
File name: winsp1up.exeSize: 461.82 KB (461824 bytes)
MD5: 47183ca1cd1604af1e901952be7669c8
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
%TEMP%\winsp1up.exe
File name: winsp1up.exeSize: 461.31 KB (461312 bytes)
MD5: 74b822c46c64f1f0c29634a1b1ae75d5
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
%TEMP%\winsp1up.exe
File name: winsp1up.exeSize: 491 KB (491008 bytes)
MD5: 88414b5d27c0595f9c210032b679335c
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
%TEMP%\winsp1up.exe
File name: winsp1up.exeSize: 461.82 KB (461824 bytes)
MD5: 645e67563a96fe3dee08f5e8ae9c63da
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
%TEMP%\winsp1up.exe
File name: winsp1up.exeSize: 491 KB (491008 bytes)
MD5: 50b6633512033b860dd39a9dcfed72b7
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
%TEMP%\winsp1up.exe
File name: winsp1up.exeSize: 491 KB (491008 bytes)
MD5: 8170012a2080c8400882ddf3393117f8
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
Additional Information
# | Message |
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1 | "System Error!
Exe file is corrupted and can't be run. Hard drive scan required. Scan Hard Drive" "Critical Error! Damaged hard drive clusters detected. Private data is at risk." "Critical Error Hard Drive not found. Missing hard drive." |
i have problems with windows hdd. wont let me surf the web.