Disk Doctor Adware Removal Instructions

[Christian Mairoll 237]

The Emsisoft malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the Disk Doctor adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.DiskDoctor.

Disk Doctor is a rogue application, this is another variant of Win Defragmenter, WinDefrag, WinHDD, CheckDisk, Ultra Defragger, Quick Defragmenter, Smart Defragmenter, HDD Defragmenter, and System Defragmenter. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive/misleading scan results report, which says that your computer has a problem, or infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to fix it before you purchase.

Create new files:

• %UserProfile%DesktopDisk Doctor.lnk
• %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempdfrgr
• %UserProfile%Local SettingsTemp%random%
• %UserProfile%Local SettingsTemp%random%.exe
• %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempdfrg
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDisk Doctor
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDisk DoctorUninstall Disk Doctor.lnk
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDisk DoctorDisk Doctor.lnk

Create new registry entry:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
  (String) %random% = %UserProfile%Local SettingsTemp%random%.exe

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How to remove the infection of Disk Doctor (Adware.Win32.DiskDoctor)?

To delete this malware infection, please download and install Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine.

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