How to remove Shortcut Virus from Pendrive.
Worried about files being copied as shortcuts into your Pen drive, Hard Disks, USB e.t.c. ?
Many people worry about this greedy Shortcut Virus sometimes you see this as "Autorun.inf", but a good thing about this virus is, it doesn't transfer from your external storage to your PC, but the thing is everything you copy into your USB gets converted into a shortcut and this is the thing you really need to worry about.
Many people see it as a defect in Pen drive, Hard disk but the one which creates a mess is their PC itself. Though your PC have a Antivirus installed, but it doesn't detect this type of stuff.
So lets move on to resolve this type of defect, we have to Methods to resolve this.
Step 3: No other dialog box will appear you will be able to see a X(cross) icon in your taskbar, double click the Icon and you will see a Window(one just like below).
Many people worry about this greedy Shortcut Virus sometimes you see this as "Autorun.inf", but a good thing about this virus is, it doesn't transfer from your external storage to your PC, but the thing is everything you copy into your USB gets converted into a shortcut and this is the thing you really need to worry about.
Many people see it as a defect in Pen drive, Hard disk but the one which creates a mess is their PC itself. Though your PC have a Antivirus installed, but it doesn't detect this type of stuff.
So lets move on to resolve this type of defect, we have to Methods to resolve this.
Method 1:
Step 1: This software is the best one to fix USB shortcut Virus and make sure you get this software downloaded in your PC from Below Link.
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| USB FIX |
Step 2: Install USB FIX on your PC after downloading it from the above link.
Step 3: This will actually remove Shortcut Virus from your USB and also vaccinates your USB from further attack, So when you insert a USB which is infected with Shortcut Virus, double click the USB FIX Icon your desktop.
Step 4:Click Clean to remove Shortcut Virus from your USB.
Step 4: Click Vaccinate to Vaccinate your USB.
for more description on USB FIX CLICK HERE
Method 2:(If the above stuff doesn't work)
Step 1: Download Autorun Exterminator software from below link.
Step 2: After your download open the Zip file and Run the application.
Step 3: No other dialog box will appear you will be able to see a X(cross) icon in your taskbar, double click the Icon and you will see a Window(one just like below).
And that's how you Remove Autorun.inf and Shortcut virus from your PC.
