SystemCleaner and HardwareDoctor
HardwareDoctor or Hardware Doctor is a rogue antispyware tool that hijacks online Pc's through securtiy holes and activates pop-up ads to trick vicitms into buying fake HardwareDoctor securtiy program. Normally HardwareDoctor infects computers through adult porn and shareware sites and via spam email advertisements. Once inside the infected Pc, Hardware Doctor will automatically execute malicious hardwaredoctor.exe, hwdoctor.exe files at every system start-up. The System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is a disruptive rogue that may cause critical damage on the infected system!
Hardware Doctor related vulnerabilities: N/A
Common SystemCleaner and HardwareDoctor rogue threat symptoms:
- Strange Hardware Doctor processes in Windows task manager, unknown error bleeps from Computer tower
- Corrupt system files, registry keys and dlls files causing "Blue Screen Of Death"
- Missing desktop shortcuts and system tray icons, altered desktop settings and wallpaper
- Sexually explicit mass pornographic popups even with active pop-up blocker software
- Modified browser startpage redirects to corrupt sites
- Hardware Doctor is hard to clean, re-activates its files under Pc re boot
- Slow browser startup and Internet speed, slow Windows system
System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor rogue activities:
- Installs itself into system and downloads harmful trojan and adware bundles through security leaks
- Collects surfing history, checks Windows activity and registry logs to generate equivalent pop-ups
- Infects system in stealth mode to avoid antivirus and firewall programs and sends private banking records to remote hackers
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