How to remove Shortcut virus in USB Pendrive, PC, Hard disk, memory cards using cmd

      We use Pendrives often and when we plug in our pen drive, memory cards or even mobile phone through USB cable into our windows PC USB port sometimes we are annoyed to see our files changed into shortcut files, even this shortcut virus affects PC Hard disks.

    How to remove virus using cmd ( command prompt ) ?

What is Shortcut Virus?

       I have seen this problem in PC having antivirus too, when your Pen drive, PC, Hard Disk, Memory cards or mobile phone got infected by some anonymous malware, they change your files into shortcuts with the original folder icons.

              Hide or unhide a folder using cmd in Windows 

 Just follow the below given steps to remove, delete, wipe out or whatever the shortcut virus from your pen drive, memory cards or even mobile phone and recover back your files. 

                                        

 

 

 Follow the below Steps:

• Go to Start -> Run -> cmd.
• Go to your pen drive, memory cards or even mobile phone directory.
• Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d e:\*.*
• Replace e with your drive letter.
• And then press a gentle Enter.

                  

Note : After when you got your files, just copy your files somewhere in your PC and format your drive and then copy again your files to the drive. Only then your shorcut virus will get off from your PC...!

 WAY TO RECOVER FILE USING " WINRAR "

     You can recover your files through Winrar.

•  Open WINRAR Application.
•  Navigate to your Pendrive location or PC Folder location.
•  Copy Files and Paste where you want.
•  Format your Pendrive. 

Note: If the Drive gets infected again and again " Do a Boot Time Scan Using Avast Antivirus"

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