The message I get when I go to sign on is:  A disk read error occurred  Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. When I do this it just keeps coming back to that screen. What can I do to solve this problem? Well, please read this post for help.

What the message “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” implies?

“A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” is an error alert which displays on your desktop when your computer is infected some Trojan virus. It is a pernicious root-kit leading your computer to a chaotic condition. When PC users get such Trojan virus infection, their antivirus scan continually send out a message “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”. Even they have tried Norton Recovery, and Power Eraser, or more other program but neither worked. Apparently from the other threats, it requires much more than users can do on their own. In usual there are tree ways for Trojan virus infecting your computer. Trojan virus may be along with some other legit normal software. When you download the legit program, you may also download the virus. Or This Trojan may lurk in some links or websites, when you click or visit them, you can get a chance to be infected by it incautiously. There is one direct route for virus infection. That is when users use there external device to transfer something. They may get that virus from other machines. But no matter in what way you get infected, the virus will finally damage your computer system until you can’t use it any more. The infection process can be progressive. From one file to more and from one disk to another. The key point is that your antivirus is useless for this “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”. It can block the functions of the antivirus removing it. So manual way becomes necessary. Before your computer system is destroyed, you’d better get it our from your computer as soon as possible.

To make your computer healthy, Live Chat with YooSecurity Expert Now, or you can follow the manual removal guide below to get your problem fixed. (For advanced computer users)

A disk read error occurred press Ctrl Alt Del to restart ScreenShot

Key sentences to judge if your computer has been infected this Trojan virus

A. Your computer is something not normal as usual such as running very slowly.

B. When you open the Task Manager, you can find some strange progress which you never found before.

C. Some of your computer functions are unavailable or some normal legal program can’t run or there are unusual conditions of them.

D. It always constantly happens that your system has errors somewhere.

E. Lately, your computer system will be totally destroyed.

Best Way to Remove “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” virus & Manual Removal Step by Step
Step 1: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Open the Windows Task Manager.
If that didn’t work, try another way. Press the Start button and click on the Run option. This will start the Run tool. Type in taskmgr and press OK. This should start the Windows Task Manager

Step 2: Within the Windows Task Manager click on the Processes tab. Find the process by name. random.exe. Then scroll the list to find required process. Select it with your mouse or keyboard and click on the End Process button. This will kill the process.

Step 3: Delete malicious registry entries.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\ random

Step 4: Remove malicious files of this Trojan
C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC\DHBEr.ini
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ping.exe

Video of Key Steps on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry:

As what you can see, “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” virus is really a very horrible virus which can finally destroy your computer system. And please don’t consider auto delete method since there is no such anti-virus can really remove “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” alert virus completely. Don’t download free software to take a chance. This can only waste your time and bring in much more viruses. All the instructions above are prepared for those who have much computer knowledge and are familiar with this kind for virus. Before you start to do the removal work, please consider it seriously. On the other hand, all the instructions above aim at the common infection situation. As for this Trojan virus, there are many variables according to different computers. What’s worse, as time goes by, “A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” virus may start its variation. Just like what is mentioned above, this virus infection is a cascaded infection. The related files may be changed. Unless you have much knowledge about this virus, it’s very hard for you to do the removal work.

Note:If you failed to remove this virus with the method above, please consult YooSecurity certified professionals to remove it completely.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on June 6, 2013 4:01 am

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