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‘How to remove shortcut virus from PEN Drive easily..??

I believe you must have ever faced this weird situation when all of your files are converted into shortcuts and you don’t have any chance to recover your files. Right ? Even I came across this situation when I had no option to remove shortcut virus from pendrive and PC , then I researched about it on internet and found amazing solutions that worked like charm. Today I am going to share with you how you can recover your windows PC, pendrive and laptop from shortcut virus.

Types Of Shortcut Virus

There are two kinds of shortcut virus in windows which windows users generally come across.

1. File and Folder Shortcut Virus

   This shortcut virus is common for most of the windows users who don’t upgrade their antivirus programs for some reason or if they are not using them. Files and folder shortcut virus has a tendency to replicate all of your files and folders in your pendrive or PC/Laptop in to shortcuts and make your original folder and files hidden and not accessible. This shortcut virus can lead you into serious problems as it does not leave any way to open your original files by clicking on the shortcuts. It is not suggested to click on any of the shortcut file and folder because as soon as you will click on it, the virus may start duplicating itself to its multiples by executing malicious scrips in the background that can steal your confidential data as well.

2. Pen drive Shortcut Virus

   Pen drive, memory cards or flash drive shortcut virus are trojan and can cause a very serious harm with your computer. It is always advisable to use updated antivirus in your PC.
   It appends each file and folder in your removable devices and put them in one hidden folder and creates a shortcut executable file (.exe) of your removable drive with the same icon and name. It will leave no other option other than clickin on it and once you will click on it, it will execute malicious programs in your PC to steal your personal information and to spy your activities.

How To Remove Shortcut Virus Using CMD ? [Method 1]

If you do not wish to install any other shortcut virus remover application , then you can simply remove shortcut virus from your PC/laptop or pendrive by using a command prompt (CMD). Even if you are a non-techy person then also you can easily remove shortcut virus from your pendrive or PC by following the CMD tutorial.

Steps To Delete Shortcut Virus By Using CMD:

1. Open command prompt (CMD). (Go to Run >> type CMD >> Hit enter )
2. Type the drive letter of your removable device and a colon after it and hit enter. (Eg: g:)
3. Now type: attrib g:*.* /d /s -h -r -s . (Replace g: with the drive name of your drive)
4. Hit enter.

Remove Shortcut Virus By Creating BAT File [Method 3]

Have you ever heard about batch file(.BAT) programming ? If no then there is no need to worry as I have mentioned simple steps to remove shortcut virus from your PC by creating a BAT file and executing it. You do not need any extra tools to create a BAT file but just a Windows machine and notepad. This method is not very popular, however if the above two methods that I have mentioned does not work then you can give a try by using this method to remove shortcut virus from your PC or pendrive/memory card.

1. Open Notepad from your computer/laptop.
2. Type or copy the below code as it is on notepad.

   @echo off
   
   attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive:*.*
   
   attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive:*.*
   
   attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive:*.*
   
   @echo complete

3. Make sure to replace Drive with your drive name. Eg: F:
4. Now click on Save As… by clicking on File tab in notepad and change the save as type to “All files(*.*)” from “Text documents” and rename it to removeshortcutvirus.bat and save it on your desktop.
5. Now close notepad and go to desktop and double click on the BAT file that you have just created.
6. All shortcut viruses from the respective drive will now be removed in couple of seconds and your original files will be back. Enjoy.