How to remove autorun virus using cmd ( command prompt ) ? Steps : Press ( Start or winkey ) -> Run -> cmd. If you are at the root directory (C drive ) then do the following, else give cd.. and come to the root C:\>and do the following. Type in ( attrib -h -r - sautorun.inf ), without brackets and press Enter. Type ( del autorun.inf ), without brackets and press Enter. Follow this for all other drives.
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How to remove autorun virus using cmd ( command prompt ) ?
Steps :
Press ( Start or winkey ) -> Run -> cmd. If you are at the root directory ( C
drive ) then do the following, else give cd.. and come to the root C:\>and do the following.
Type in ( attrib -h -r -sautorun.inf ), without brackets and press Enter.
Type ( del autorun.inf ), without brackets and press Enter.
How to remove Shortcut virus using cmd ( command prompt ) ? These Shortcut viruses are those which converts all your data in side your pen drive or Hard disk to shortcuts, and which are recoverable.
Just follow the below given steps to remove shortcut virus from pen drive and recover back your files.
Go to Start -> Run -> cmd. Go to your pen drive directory. Type this command: del *.lnk and press
Enter. Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d e:\*.* And then press a gentle Enter.
How to remove empty Folder virus using cmd ( command prompt ) ?
Got some Files in your pen drive but they are empty! Because of the virus in your pendrive malfunctions your drive. How to remove this empty folder virus and recover files? Follow the steps given below.
Start -> Run -> cmd. Type this command: attrib -h -r -s /s /d x:\*.* Here the letter "x" should be replaced with the drive alphabet of your pendrive that you have inserted into the computer. If your pendrive shows the drive alphabet as "J", then type this command: attrib -h -r -s /s /d j:\*.* And then press a gentle Enter.
Note:
Do a restart, and before that don't open any drives after performing the following steps.
7The command prompt will load all the files in your drive. If you see anything suspicous for example: Autorun.inf or a .exe file. These files you need to watch out for.