REMOVING SHORTCUT VIRUS USING CMD

REMOVING SHORTCUT VIRUS USING CMD
Computer Virus infection is only removed through antivirus
programs as you know, but this time we are talking about
Shortcut Virus, a new modern virus automatically comes in
your computer/USB/SD card and convert all of your
content into a shortcut. Some time this virus makes you
content invisible (not showing) and storage showing still
full. The first thing I really got mad about Shortcut virus
problem is not removable by anti-virus programs, even
when you scan the shortcut virus infected location with an
antivirus, it reply “No threat detected” and it
becomes really confusing. People who don’t know how to
remove this virus, they just perform a format over infected
storage. If you’re helpless to format your storage, so
please don’t do this again, because it 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 flush out shortcut
virus.
The cause of this virus is an internet, third party software,
USB storage and more. Sometime when you connect a pen
drive to your friend’s computer for exchanging data,
but you didn’t know your friend’s computer is already
infected by a shortcut virus. As you connect the pen drive
back to your computer, the virus becomes the part of your
computer.
Remove Shortcut Virus From Pen Drive & SD
Card
There are two different methods available to remove this
virus, First is using CMD and secondary is using a
Software. Before going though a method, I highly
recommend you to First Scan the infected storage with an
antivirus, and then go for the below methods. If your USB
is bootable then it may change to normal.
Method 1 > Using command prompt
Follow the steps below to remove shortcut virus using
command prompt (CMD):
1. 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 (Admin) )
2. Connect your infected USB storage (Pen drive, SD
card, etc.) with your Computer.
3. Scan USB with an antivirus program (Not
compulsory but its effective) and if the antivirus
found some virus or threats, so delete it.
4. Type the following command in Command prompt:
attrib -h -r -s /s /d X:\*.*, (Where, X is the USB
drive letter) and press Enter. (For example: If your
drive letter is D, then the command is attrib -h -r -
s /s /d D:\*.* )
5. Copy all data from USB flash drive to your
computer.
6. Format the USB drive.
7. And, copy all data back to the USB flash drive.
Now all Shortcut files are fixed and working as normal
files. The reason why I suggest you to format the USB is
because there was some unknown files automatically
generate as you use the command
Method 2 using software
I found some software on the web that can easily fix the
shortcut virus problem. I’m using USB Fix for this tutorial
because it works great and it is absolutely free. Follow the
steps below to remove shortcut virus using USB Fix
software:
1. Download, install and launch USB fix (If your
antivirus showing virus in the software so please
disable it for a few minutes).
2. Close all programs running in the taskbar
(Because the software kill all running programs
and you may lose data).
3. Connect all of your shortcut virus infected USBs
with computer, and Choose Clean .
4. Wait.. And virus from all connected USBs goes
automatically fix.
It automatically cleans the shortcut virus from all USBs
and don’t forget to restart your computer after using this
tool because it makes changes in windows directory and
until you restart your computer, it will not work properly.