![]() The installation process took only a short while, and we were asked for administrator privileges at its start. For the sake of brevity, we will focus only on the regular installer from now on, but you should know that we tested the extended one the same way. Once we knew both the regular and the extended Disk Drill installer is safe, we used them to install Disk Drill in two different clean virtual environments running Windows 11. This took some time, but it served as a useful confirmation of the original results. To go a step further, we then decided to reanalyze both installers manually by clicking the “Reanalyze file” button. The results were conclusive: No security vendors and no sandboxes out of 58 flagged the file as malicious.īut what about the extended installer? Its analysis yielded the same perfect score, except that VirusTotal scanned it with even more scanners (61 instead of 58). We uploaded the regular Disk Drill installer, and VirusTotal immediately got to work. ![]() As always, our malware scanner of choice was VirusTotal (owned by Chronicle, a subsidiary of Google), a highly reputable aggregator of multiple malware scanners developed by some of the most reputable security companies in the world. Since most users will use the regular installer, we decided to scan it first. Step 2: Scanning the Disk Drill Installer At over 100 MB, the extended installer is much larger, but it comes with all the software nuts and bolts needed to get Disk Drill 5 up and running on Windows, including Microsoft’s NET Desktop Runtime. The regular installer is just around 20 MB large, and it contains only the main application files. Version 5.1.808 started downloading automatically, and we were also presented with two direct download links, one for the regular installer (the one that downloads automatically) and the other one for the extended installer (which we also downloaded). So, we headed to and visited the downloaded page. Sites that offer (or claim to offer) illegal unlocked versions of Disk Drill are especially dangerous because such sites are often riddled with malware. You can always download the up-to-date version of Disk Drill directly from the official website of its developer, CleverFiles (a subsidiary of 508 Software).ĭownloading the software elsewhere is a bad idea at best because not all third-party software download sites are legitimate. To address the accusations of Disk Drill containing malware, we performed the following safety analysis (you can follow the steps yourself to verify our findings): Step 1: Obtaining Disk Drill Legitimate US-based company with a clear structure.ĭoes Disk Drill Contain Viruses or Other Malware? A Safety Analysis Tested using VirusTotal and Microsoft Defender. So, is Disk Drill safe to use, or does it really contain dangerous malware? Let’s explore this question in depth to answer it as accurately and comprehensively as possible. Such concerns are not to be taken lightly because certain kinds of malware, like the Cerber ransomware strain, can lead to the complete loss of vast quantities of important data. But some users have expressed concerns about malware being potentially installed alongside the software. ![]()
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