Hard Drive Diagnostic
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
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See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
Infected Computers: | 18 |
First Seen: | December 6, 2010 |
Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Hard Drive Diagnostic is a rogue optimization program that is capable of blocking programs already installed on a user's PC and displays fake error messages to drive users to purchase the program. Hard Drive Diagnostic belongs to the same rogue system optimization family as HDD Control, Scan Disk, and HDD Scan. Hard Drive Diagnostic issues fabricated warnings about a system's RAM memory and hard drive. Hard Drive Diagnostic can prevent users from downloading applications from the Web or executing nearly any program, even certain anti-virus programs, on their computers. Hard Drive Diagnostic is ransomware that users should never rely on or purchase. Users that find themselves infected with Hard Drive Diagnostic should use a reliable ransomware/malware remover to rid their computers of this rogue.
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Aliases
1 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
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AntiVir | TR/FakeAV.AF |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Hard Drive Diagnostic

File System Details
# | File Name | MD5 |
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. | 990430.exe | 436b5d683105b951e14bb1368f475fd7 | 9 |