Method 1. Clean up and remove Shortcut Virus by CMD.
Before we proceed I will like us to know what CMD(Command Prompt) means .
What is CMD (Command Prompt) ?
According to Wikipedia :CMD, cmd or cmd.exe, also known as Command Prompt, is the command-line interpreter in the OS/2, eComStation, Windows NT, Windows CE, and ReactOS operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.COM in DOS and Windows 9x systems, and analogous to the Unix shells used on Unix-like systems.
So let proceed
Procedures on How to Clean up and remove Shortcut Virus by CMD
1. Click on Start and select Run;
2. Type: CMD and hit Enter to open Command Prompt;
3. Type the drive letter of your hard drive partition in PC or USB flash drive and hit Enter; (G for example.)
4. Type: attrib g:*.* /d /s -h -r -s and hit Enter.
You’ll be able to see your files and data on Windows PC or USB flash drive now.
How To Remove Shortcut Virus From Your Pc
Method 2. Cleanup Shortcut Virus with Shortcut Virus Remover or Anti-virus Software If you need a double guarantee, you can download and install anti-virus software to clean up all shortcut virus from Windows 10/8/7 computer and USB etc external storage devices. Here below you’ll see a list of anti-virus software and tools and you can selectively choose one to try: Trojan Removal Tool; Shortcut virus fixfolder; Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, etc.
Method 3. Delete/Wipe Shortcut Virus from Registry 1. Press Win+R and type: regedit to enter the registry; 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Click on Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Click Run; 3. Press Win + R, type: msconfig > Click OK; 4. In Startup, uncheck everything except for the anti-virus software. 5. Click OK > Click Restart now.
Method 4 :- Remove It By .bat File open notepad copy & paste below given code @echo off attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Name_Drive:*.* attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Name_Drive:*.* attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Name_Drive:*.* save the file with removevirus.bat Now replace the Name_drive with infected drive name , if you have more than 3 drive simply copy and paste the command. Now simply close the file and run it. Once everything done …remove filefrom drive and folder too.
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