Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SMART HDD
Meets . The sources already in the article do not match the nominator's description; https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-smart-hdd this for example is not an "entry in a security company database." There are sources showing what it is, how to remove it, and they go into great detail about it, unambiguously meeting . Just because some of the sources are database entries does not mean that all of the sources are; something that should have been checked |before nominating the article for deletion. A cursory Google search shows plenty of articles that go into detail about what it is and how to remove ithttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-smart-hddhttps://malwaretips.com/blogs/smart-hdd-virus/https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/6672-remove-smart-hddhttps://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-smart-hdd-virus/https://www.precisesecurity.com/rogue/smart-hdd/https://www.axxys.com/virus-alert-data-recovery-s-m-a-r-t-repair/ as well as a few books such as https://books.google.com/books?id=CuM2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT225&lpg=PT225&dq=%22SMART+HDD%22+malware&source=bl&ots=MzjNhfQbtM&sig=ACfU3U1Kat7JkQ04MZSYyFhPcOQfNVfJLA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOlYDrr7zoAhVPbc0KHWjUDPg4KBDoATADegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=%22SMART%20HDD%22%20malware&f=false Introduction to Machine Learning with Applications in Information Security and research papers https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11416-015-0252-0?shared-article-renderer such as this one. It does not appear that any effort was taken to discuss on the article's talk page or search for sources before nominating the article for deletion
— User:Aoidh, 04:43, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:GNG||WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Notability)