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Shortcut Remover From External

This document provides steps to remove a shortcut virus from a USB pen drive without needing antivirus software. The virus causes files and folders on the pen drive to appear as shortcuts instead of the actual files. The steps include opening a command prompt on the computer, using the attrib command on the pen drive with the -h -r -s switches to remove attributes from files, which recovers the actual files and folders. An antivirus scan can also detect and remove the virus if issues persist after following the manual removal steps.

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145 views2 pages

Shortcut Remover From External

This document provides steps to remove a shortcut virus from a USB pen drive without needing antivirus software. The virus causes files and folders on the pen drive to appear as shortcuts instead of the actual files. The steps include opening a command prompt on the computer, using the attrib command on the pen drive with the -h -r -s switches to remove attributes from files, which recovers the actual files and folders. An antivirus scan can also detect and remove the virus if issues persist after following the manual removal steps.

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How to remove shortcut virus from your pen drive


Kamruddin 16 Oct 2013 How to remove shortcut virus from your pen drive, Remove-Pen- rive!horcut-"irus

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# How to remove shortcut virus from your pen drive $he pen drives are the most common too%s of stora&e for porta'%e data( $hey are sma%% and convenient to carry( )%% our fi%es and fo%ders that need to 'e accessed on mu%tip%e computer systems are stored and run throu&h pen drives( $here are times when our fi%es and fo%ders stored on the pen drive are shown as shortcuts( $his happens not on%y with pen drives 'ut hard dis*s, memory stic*s and phone memories( +henever we try to access these fi%es the windows show an error sayin& ,shortcut missin&-( $his may insti%% a fear of %osin& data and sometimes we are in a hurry to format our pen drive( +hat it is actua%%y is that the fi%es and fo%der 'ecome hidden to us and instead a shortcut icon appears which actua%%y doesn.t e/ist( 0ormattin& the pen drive is not necessary since it is a type of virus which may harm your computer and your fi%es and a%so fo%ders( $here are a few simp%e methods to de%ete these shortcuts and recover your data( $hese steps do not re1uire the use of any anti-virus( One of the methods which you can follow: 0irst%y, p%u& in your virus infected pen drive in the 2!3 port of your computer or %aptop and press 4+indows. *ey p%us the 4R. *ey 5)nother option is to c%ic* on the 4!tart. menu usin& the mouse and se%ect the Run option6( $his wi%% open the run 'o/ in which you need to type in the word 4c m d. 5without spaces and sin&%e 1uotes6 and press 47nter.( $his opens a command prompt in which you need to open your drive 'y typin& in a certain command( 8ow, for e/amp%e, if your drive %etter is 4&9. 5without sin&%e 1uotes6, then you need to type 4attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*.

Note: ma e sure there is space between each element of this code. )fter typin& in your drive %etter press 47nter.( $he drive %etter can 'e *nown 'y openin& 4:y ;omputer. and chec*in& the pen drive icon( )fter this wait a few seconds and then open and chec* your drive, your fo%ders( <our fo%ders wi%% have recovered 'y now and you can easi%y access them( !se of an antivirus to solve your problem: )part from this tric*, you can a%so insta%% a &ood anti-virus which can he%p you &et rid of a%% the viruses that it detects( $he anti-virus in the system can 'e used to scan the pen drive when it is inserted into the 2!3 port of the computer or %aptop and connected( $he anti-virus software scans the pen drive for viruses and repairs or removes them and may a%so offer so%utions in the form of e/tra too%s that can 'e down%oaded to remove any specia% *inds of virus that is irrepara'%e or irremova'%e from your %aptop or computer( )%% in a%% it is very easy to &et rid of the virus that threatens to harm your precious data 5or your fi%es and fo%ders6 stored in your pen drive 'y simp%y removin& this virus with these easy steps(

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