How to remove shortcut virus from pendrive !

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

We all are using usb drives or pendrives in our day to day life. And in that many of my readers faced problem that all their folders and files in their pendrive automatically converts in to an shortcut file. And from one pendrive this shortcut virus is spread from one usb to another usb via same pc. So don't give your usb to your friends whose pc is infected with virus.

If already your pendrive is been infected with this shortcut virus then don't worry I am gonna showing you the best two tricksto get rid out of this trouble. It is surely tested by our team and both the tricks works as well.

HOW THIS VIRUS COME IN USB ?

Usually this is an malware which is only spread from the pc which in injected with this virus. If this type of pendrive goes into your pc the another pendrive you will enter in your pc would be automatically infected by this virus. So be aware and remove this virus from your usb as soon as possible,

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THIS VIRUS ?

If your pendrive/usb is infected by this virus then what ever you add in your pendrive for eg any game or any software then would be converted to an shortcut format. All the folders would also be converted to an shortcut format. In short all the things inside your pendrive will be converted to an shortcut file.

TRICK-1 (Best among all)

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USING USBFIX.EXE

About usbFix

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UsbFix is one of the top rated shortcut virus remover with more than 3000000 million users. It is fast free and powerful. It is a fast infection treatment system and infection found by this software are automatically sent to its development center for further update. It will not only remove shortcut virus but also remove malware from your USB disk. UsbFix vaccinate your USB against further virus attack and creating shortcuts. Learn more about USBFIX software.

Download -USBFIX.EXE

HOW TO USE USBFIX ?

Connect your pendrive with your pc or laptop.
Now download usbfix software from above provided link.
It's an zip file so unzip it in your pc or laptop.
Now double click on it to install it in your pc.
After installing it will be automatically opened up.
Now click on research to search for virus in your pc and in pendrive.
After it is completed if your pendrive has virus it will show you an virus.
Simply click on CLEAN to remove the virus.
Then click on vaccinate to prevent safe your USB drive from further viruses.
That's it now you will find that your shortcut virus has been succesfully removed from your pc and from your usb drive.

TRICK-2 (without using software)

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WITH THE HELP OF CMD

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At first open the Run option
(Press Windows Key+R).

Then type CMD in Run and press Enter then a dialog box will open.
Now if your pendrive's Drive letter is G then typeG: in the dialog box and press Enter.
Now again type

attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*

And press Enter.
(Replace the g with your Pendrive letter)
Now you pen-drive will be OK.

Both this tricks are been tested. BUT I would only recommend you to use the 1st trick as it is the best trick and successfully tested trick. Well it depends upon you now. The choice is yours select any trick from the provided one.

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How to remove shortcut virus from pendrive !