TECHY: HOW TO REMOVE SHORTCUT VIRUS FROM FLASHDRIVES

Virus is a term that has come to stay in the world of PC. The name itself has gone viral, almost every PC user must have come in contact with the malicious term one time or the other. It’s a malware program which when executed can replicate by inserting copies of itself into computer programs, data files etc.

Virus can be transferred via USB/Flash media devices from one Pc to another ranging from the most common Trojan virus to “Ravmon’ newfolder.exe viruses and lots more. However a malware attack on a PC can be detrimental, the solution to the removal is not farfetched.

1.       Shortcut Virus removal using PC Command Prompt utility window

This virus upon system attack turns important system files, media files etc to shortcut files which makes them inaccessible. The following simple steps ease you of the pain of dealing with ‘shortcut’ virus and help you retrieve back your files.

a.       Open windows search box by tapping the keyboard windows key, then type ‘cmd’ in the search box and run as administrator.

b.       Insert your flash (removable) drive into the PC ad note the drive letter in your drive list in ‘my computer’ (e.g C: , D:  or other letter)

c.       Type your removable device’s drive letter as shown below;

Here ‘D’ is assumed drive letter. 

d. Now copy and paste this in the command window  

     “ATTRIB” (space) /D (space) /S (space) –H (space) _R (space) –S as shown below;