How To Remove Shortcut Virus Using Command Prompt

Here Computer Virus infection is only removed through genuie antivirus programs, but with this post i wanna to tell you about Shortcut Virus,a new generation of modern virus automatically comes in your computer/laptop/USB/SD card and convert all of your content into a shortcut.Some time this virus makes you content invisible(not showing) and you can see your storage showing still full.Mostly People who don’t know how to remove this virus, they just perform a format over infected storage.So If you’re helpless to format your storage,then please don’t do this again,this is not a genuine solution. If your storage didn’t contain files or anything important,then you should format your storage because formatting also a another method to remove shortcut virus using Command Prompt.. Just Follow The Below Steps..

Here Is the Steps To Remove Shortcut Virus Using Command Prompt :-

Step 1 :Firstly,Run Command prompt as Administrator. (Windows key + R > Type CMD & press ENTER, or search CMD > Right click to CMD and Select "Run as Administrator" or right click over Start button and select command prompt (run as Administrator))

Step 2 :After open it Connect your infected USB storage (Pen drive, SD card, etc.) with your Computer.

Step 3 :Scan USB with an antivirus program (Not compulsory but its effective) and if the antivirus found some virus or threats, so delete it..

Step 4 :Type the following command in Command prompt: attrib -h -r -s /s /d X:\*.*, (Where, X is the USB drive letter or a your local hard drive disk name/letter) and press Enter. (For example: If your drive letter is E, then the command is attrib -h -r -s /s /d E:\*.*)

Step 5 :Copy all data from USB flash drive to your computer..

Step 6 :Format the USB drive..

Step 7 :After that copy all data back to the USB flash drive.

Step 8 :Done !!!

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