Christian Mairoll 228 Report post Posted December 7, 2010 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%.exeScreenshots: 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. Related Posts: Check Disk Adware Removal Instructions Win Defragmenter Adware Removal Instructions WinDefrag Adware Removal Instructions WinHDD Adware Removal Instructions Ultra Defragger Adware Removal Instructions View the full article Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
