Is the HDD Health program legit?

[Theminecraftaddict555]

http://panterasoft.com/hdd-health/

It states that my drive is 30 degrees celcius and it is in 100 percent health condition..Also it has no
viruses since my norton security checked it and it has no viruses..I just want to know if it is legit

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Maybe.

Since no person or piece of software is truly clairvoyant, I would take the results with a grain of salt, especially the whole Norton Security bit. All that could possibly mean is that Norton Security didn't detect a virus that it's reporting. Doesn't mean you don't have something malicious, just that Norton Security hasn't reported it.

The 30°C is probably correct. There should be a sensor on your hard drive, and more than likely your piece of software read the sensor and reported the value correctly, but as for predicting the future lifespan of your hard drive, "Reply hazy, try again."

As for the 100% health condition? Here's an analogy: A 10 year old and an 80 year old could both be in 100% health, yet we can't guarantee either will be around tomorrow. Statistically however, the 80 year old does not have as long of a life expectancy, does he? So, what does a 100% health report really mean?

 

[Theminecraftaddict555]

Maybe.

Since no person or piece of software is truly clairvoyant, I would take the results with a grain of salt, especially the whole Norton Security bit. All that could possibly mean is that Norton Security didn't detect a virus that it's reporting. Doesn't mean you don't have something malicious, just that Norton Security hasn't reported it.

The 30°C is probably correct. There should be a sensor on your hard drive, and more than likely your piece of software read the sensor and reported the value correctly, but as for predicting the future lifespan of your hard drive, "Reply hazy, try again."

For the virus and malicious part, should I do a quickscan of my computer for anything malicious or any virus?

As for the 100% health condition? Here's an analogy: A 10 year old and an 80 year old could both be in 100% health, yet we can't guarantee either will be around tomorrow. Statistically however, the 80 year old does not have as long of a life expectancy, does he? So, what does a 100% health report really mean?

Since my HDD is new 100 percent means that it is in 100 percent condition for now and can decrease over long periods of time am i correct?

As for the virus part, should I do a norton security quickscan of my computer to check if there is any viruses or malicious software?

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

No. Not really. You could have a hard drive that has served 4 out of it's expected 5 year life expectancy and still get a 100% health report if it's functioning correctly.

As for Norton, I would start by not using their software. Most major name software feeds off the ignorance of computer users. They report things like cookies as being serious threats to personal anonymity because it gives them more results to throw at the end user. I use cookies as a perfect example of the snake oil salesmen tactics most security companies use to get folks to continue with their products. Over the years, I've seen so many computers riddled with garbage that happily coexisted with many name-brand anti-virus packages, the best I will ever recommend is the free kit that Microsoft provides. If you need more than that, you're in trouble, and nothing is going to get the job done.

 

[Theminecraftaddict555]

Okay so is the security free kit that you suggested to me..Is it the windows security essentials that I can download for free?

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Yes, the product I am referring to is Microsoft Security Essentials for 7 and previous versions of Windows and Windows Defender for Windows 8 and newer. Windows Defender in 8 or newer is not the same as the older Defender product from pre Windows 8. You can't install MSE on Windows 8 as it's unsupported and not necessary. Here is the link if you're not running Windows 8 and wanted to download the Microsoft Security Essentials software:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-all-versions

 

[Theminecraftaddict555]

Okay thanks