Smart Data Recovery
Threat Scorecard
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Ranking: | 78 |
Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
Infected Computers: | 286,054 |
First Seen: | April 30, 2012 |
Last Seen: | September 20, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
While a legitimate program named Smart Data Recovery exists, ESG security researchers have issued a warning about one of the many members of the FakeSysDef family of rogue defragmenters that goes by the same name. They are fairly easy to differentiate; while the Smart Data Recovery data recovery application helps computer users recover information from their hard drives, the Smart Data Recovery rogue defragmenter will enter a computer system without a computer user's authorization and cause all kinds of problems.
The main problem with Smart Data Recovery is the fact that this application does not have any real system optimization or disk repair capabilities. Smart Data Recovery is a kind of malware known as a rogue defragmenter. These are fake security programs that attempt to scare the victim into believing that their computer system is severely damaged in order to convince the victim to purchase a useless bogus system optimization product. While the Smart Data Recovery data recovery program behaves normally, the Smart Data Recovery rogue defragmenter displays constant pop-up notifications, alarming error messages and causes browser redirects.
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The Smart Data Recovery Rogue Defragmenter Belongs to the FakeSysdef Family of Malware
The FakeSysdef family of rogue defragmenters is quite large and is on the loose for a long time. Examples of clones of Smart Data Recovery that also belong to the FakeSysdef family of malware include such fake defragmenters as System Defragmenter, Ultra Defragger, HDD Control, Win HDD, Win Defrag, Win Defragmenter, Disk Doctor, Hard Drive Diagnostic, HDD Diagnostic, HDD Plus, HDD Repair, HDD Rescue, Smart HDD, Defragmenter, HDD Tools, Disk Repair, Windows Optimization Center, Scanner, HDD Low, Hdd Fix. All of these applications have no way of fixing your hard drive or file system. Rather, they are designed to alarm computer users. Because of this, PC security researchers often refer to these kinds of infections as scareware.
The Smart Data Recovery scam is not complicated. Smart Data Recovery will attempt to scare the victim with a large number of error messages. Smart Data Recovery has also been known to change the infected computer system's desktop image into another alarming error message (often similar to the Windows "Blue Screen of Death"), causing browser redirects, and disabling Windows components that are helpful in dealing with malware, such as the Windows Task Manager or System Restore. If your computer system is infected with Smart Data Recovery, you will find that you cannot remove this bogus defragmenter through normal means. To get rid of Smart Data Recovery it is necessary to use a reliable anti-malware program.
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File System Details
# | File Name |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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1. | %Temp%\\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].dll | |
2. | %Temp%\\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe | |
3. | %Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Desktop\Smart HDD.lnk | |
4. | %Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Start Menu\Programs\Smart HDD | |
5. | %Documents and Settings%\[User_Name]\Start Menu\Programs\Smart HDD\Uninstall Smart HDD.lnk | |
6. | %UserProfile%\Desktop\Smart Data Recovery.lnk |
Registry Details
URLs
Smart Data Recovery may call the following URLs:
zippyshare.com |