How to Remove shortcut Virus from your USB Pendrive or Computer ~ Learn Spy

How to Remove shortcut Virus?

I will explain three methods step by step which can help you remove virus shortcut from your computer.

Shortcut Virus Removal Method 1:

Step1: Connect the device which is infected by the shortcut virus, check for every folder/file on the drive/device is visible and not hidden. For this open folder and search options–> view–>select show hidden files and folders–> apply changes.

Step2: Download Autorun Exterminator and extract the folder and run the file which is named as “Autorun Exterminator” this will automatically remove shortcut virus from your device.

Shortcut Virus Removal Method 2:

Download Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware and Install and update it and then run a full scan of your computer/device it will automatically remove virus shortcut present in your computer.

Shortcut Virus Removal Method 3, Using Command prompt:

Open the Command prompt, click on start–> Search–>cmd–>Enter it will open the Command prompt, type in the following command

attrib -h -r -s /s /d e:\*.* or

attrib E:\*.* /d /s -h -r -s

Replace the drive “E” with the desired/infected drive/pen drive you want to scan, for eg; if you want to scan and remove shortcut virus from drive G, Replace “E” with “G”

Copy one of the command from above and paste it into command prompt window and press Enter. This is the best way of getting rid of the virus.

Shortcut Virus Removal Method 3:

Download usbfix and run it.

Now before running usbfix insert the peripheral device/s which you want to scan or remove virus shortcut from.

After running the usbfix click on Clean option.

A popup message will appear asking to Connect all your external data sources to your PC (Usb keys, external drives, etc…), connect the device which you want to scan or remove the shortcut virus from and then click ok.

The Software will scan for all infected elements and will remove shortcut virus from your device.

Hopefully Your device is now free from Shortcut Virus, do let us know if you have any problem following the above mentioned method.

Thank You