HDD Defragmenter Description

HDD Defragmenter is a phony hard drive optimizer which acts like a genuine system utility. The phony hard drive optimizer is designed to scare victims with fake error alerts then urge them to purchase its “licensed version” to optimize the hard drive. HDD Defragmenter is of course a rogue program and cannot deliver on any of its promises to fix errors or optimize systems. Remove HDD Defragmenter before it starts affecting your system performance and tries to pilfer your money.

Type: Misleading Product

How Can You Detect HDD Defragmenter?

HDD Defragmenter Technical Report

As new HDD Defragmenter details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

Fake message for HDD Defragmenter:

The following fake error message(s) appears for HDD Defragmenter:

“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.”

HDD Defragmenter has typically the following processes in memory:

• %Temp%\winsp1up.exe
• %Temp%\[random].exe

HDD Defragmenter creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “winsp1up.exe”
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]”

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