HDD Tools (HDDTools) Virus Removal Guide
Virus Type: Rogue Security Application
Threat Level: 8 / 10
HDD Tools (HDDTools) is a new fake defragmentation program. The program attempts to mimic other real defragmentation programs to make it seem like a defragmentation program; however, it is fake program. HDD Tools is part of a line of fake defragmenter programs; other fake defragmenter programs include HDD Rescue and Smart HDD. A new version of this fake defragmentation program generally comes out with a different name roughly every 1-2 days. HDD Tools is generally installed through the use of a trojan horse, which is generally downloaded without user consent while browsing the internet. HDD Tools will display many alerts to scare the user into purchasing HDD Tools, which include the following:
Hard drive doesn’t respond to system commands – Critical Error
Bad sectors on hard drive or damaged file allocation table – Critical Error
37% of HDD space is unreadable – Critical Error
Boot sector of the hard drive disk is damaged – Critical Error
Files placement on hard drive is not optimized. Defragmentation is required – Performance Issue
Critical Error – Hard drive not found. Missing hard drive.
Below is our recommended removal tool for HDD Tools. The removal tool has been rated 5 cows out of 5 by Tucows and was previously CNET’s Editor’s Choice. Feel free to download it below.
If you are unable to run the removal tool, or are unable to run any programs in general, you may need to stop the processes associated with HDD Tools with task manager. If task manager has been blocked by HDD Tools, try using Process Explorer.
When attepting to open a program, HDD Tools will generally display “a hard drive error occurred while starting the application” and block the application from starting. Generally, if you repetitively attempt to open the program, HDD Tools will be unable to block the program and it will eventually open.
It is recommended to use safe mode when removing the virus because HDD Tools will generally not be able to load in safe mode. To enter safe mode, restart the computer and press F8 multiple times before the Windows screen to bring up the boot options.
The safe mode with networking option will allow the user to be able to use the internet in safe mode. HDD Tools can be removed by using the
View HDD Tools Files
View HDD Tools Keys
Manual HDD Tools Removal – In order to manually remove HDD Tools, the processes associated with HDD Tools must be stopped, the files associated with the processes must be removed, and the registry entries must be corrected to the previous state before HDD Tools entered the computer.
Important: Before attempting to manually remove HDD Tools, we recommend that the user read through comments posted by other users on how they removed specific fake antivirus programs since many fake antivirus programs are similar. These comments can be found by clicking here. These comments may provide additional information which may be useful in removing HDD Tools. However, please use discretion since these specific comments pertain to other fake antivirus programs.
Stop HDD Tools Processes (Learn How To Do This)
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Remove HDD Tools Files (Learn How To Do This)
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Remove HDD Tools Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
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