Remove Shortcut Viruses

Pushkar SharmaPushkar Sharma
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1. Clean up and remove Shortcut Virus by CMD

  • Click on Start and select Run.
  • Type: CMD and Hit Enter to open Command Prompt.
  • Type the drive letter of your hard drive partition in PC or USB flash drive and hit Enter (for example "G").
  • 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.

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.

3. Delete/Wipe Shortcut Virus from Registry

  • Press Win+R and type: regedit to enter the registry.

  • Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Click on Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Click Run.

  • Press Win + R, type: msconfig > Click OK.

  • In Startup, uncheck everything except for the anti-virus software.

  • Click OK > Click Restart now.

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:.

  • Now save it as "(file-name).bat"

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Pushkar Sharma
Pushkar Sharma

Just a hacker for fun.