If you receive system notifications from Master Utilities informing you that your hard drive is missing, pay closer attention and you will see the absurdity behind the fake defragmenter of these bogus alerts. Master Utilities derives from the very same family as FakeHDD, the highly publicized rogue defragger heavily marketed by rogue developers in the past. However Master Utilities has improved on its precursor’s attack and now more forcefully infiltrates its victims’ PCs through advanced infection tactics which includes hijacked SERP results and infected online flash ads. These progressive and forceful methods of infiltration will make it much more difficult for users to identify and remove Master Utilities in time.

Once Master Utilities secures a firm hold in the system it will initiate a fake system scan which will inform the user that his system is being crippled by debilitating errors. It will profess to fix these errors but only once the user purchases Master Utilities’ license. Soon after this the user will receive absurd fake alerts such as the following:

Critical Error
Hard Drive not found. Missing hard drive

What this fake alert states is impossible. If the Hard Drive is missing, the PC would be unable to operate at all. It is nonsensical fake alerts such as these that point to Master Utilities’ status as a rogue tool.

The rogue will go on to systematically leave the system completely inoperable. This is done by blocking users’ access to the Internet, causing the system to crash frequently and by promoting poor system performance and erratic system behavior. What is more, Master Utilities will generate this error message each time the user attempts to execute an application:

System Error
An error occurred while reading system files. Run a system diagnostic utility to check your hard disk drive for errors.

These symptoms all form a part of Master Utilities’ attack on the system. It is possible to disable these by entering this activation key:

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Entering the above key will only disable the symptoms, and will not get rid of Master Utilities. You will need to destroy Master Utilities in order to secure your PC’s privacy and security. This can safest and easiest be done by using a genuine security tool that will protect the system against similar attacks in future.