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by: Ralphw62 April 9, 2012 6:51 AM PDT

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Right click crashes explorer

by Ralphw62 - 4/9/12 6:51 AM

If I open my computer or explorer and I right click on a drive Explore crashes instantly... i cant see anything anout the drive, properties,etc...
I just had a bout with S.M.A.R.T HDD virus and feel either its still hanging around or it did something to my HDs, I have an external HD and wanted to see the properties of it,,,,space used ect, and cant


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Maybe you should tell more

by Jimmy Greystone - 4/9/12 7:01 AM

In Reply to: Right click crashes explorer by Ralphw62

Maybe you should tell more, because SMART isn't a virus, it's a predictive failure system built into HDDs. If you've got a HDD on its way out, it could certainly explain your issue.


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S,M.A.R.T HDD Virus

by Ralphw62 - 4/9/12 7:17 AM

In Reply to: Maybe you should tell more by Jimmy Greystone

its not a virus? It hid all my files, hijacked all security programes, deleted all signs of anything google related.
thurned my IE text to chinese. Its a rougue program that hides all your studd and tells you you have serious issues and if you buy the S.M.A.R.T HDD program it will fix everything.

this website explains it way better than I can...

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-smart-hdd

believe me its a virus


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Hmm, I thought it was MALWARE

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 4/9/12 10:21 AM

In Reply to: S,M.A.R.T HDD Virus by Ralphw62

That required folk to install it. So far I've yet to find this in a virus.
Bob


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Is this fixed now?

by MarkFlax Moderator - 4/9/12 11:33 AM

In Reply to: Right click crashes explorer by Ralphw62

Only I see you also posted in the Spyware and Viruses thread here;
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6132_102-560358/s-m-a-r-t-hdd-virus/?messageId=5296821#message5296821

I see you found malware, did a System Restore and that fixed things?

It's a shame we didn't know about that other post before as we would have concentrated on just that one.

Mark


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