HDD Rescue
Posted: December 11, 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: | 29 |
First Seen: | December 13, 2010 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
HDD Rescue (or HDDRescue) is a rogue optimization program created to lure you to purchase its full version. HDD Rescue comes from a line of fake hard disk defragmenters or optimization applications such as Win HDD, HDD Control, HDD Defragmenter, HDD Diagnostic, HDD Plus, HDD Repair, and HDD Scan.
HDD Rescue uses clever, yet false, error messages that can frighten a naive computer user into thinking there's a problem with their hard drive or RAM memory. Some of the bogus error messages claim there's RAM memory failure, Windows can't find hard disk space or private data is at risk. HDD Rescue is created and distributed by hackers in an attempt to steal as much personal information they can get from gullible computer users.
Another known shady tactic HDD Rescue uses is to block any program from opening so it can protect itself from being removed from a user's PC by an anti-virus software or other types of legitimate security tool. If your computer is infected with HDD Rescue, you should not be alarmed and make a haste decision like purchasing HDD Rescue since it will surely risk your personal and financial security. Do not fall victim to Internet fraud because of HDD Rescue and, if need be, do an offline installation of a real anti-spyware program to remove HDD Rescue.
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%\990cf9.exe
File name: 990cf9.exeSize: 355.84 KB (355840 bytes)
MD5: 7abfcf562a560770b8b0899ada7b7530
Detection count: 93
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %Temp%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 13, 2010
Additional Information
# | Message |
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1 | Fix Disk
Windows Disk Diagnostics will scan the system to identify performance problems. Start or Cancel |
2 | 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 |
3 | 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 <sic> software to fix the detected hard drive problems. Do you want to download recommended software? |
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