How to remove shortcut virus from pendrive or pc

Credits: XposedGP

METHOD 1:- USING USB FIX
If your flash drive is infected with shortcut virus than you can try USB Fix method, its one of the easiest method to remove shortcut virus.

Download USB Fix.

Connect Pen drive to be cleaned of shortcut virus.

Run USB Fix.

Select “Deletion” and wait for process to remove shortcut virus from your pen drive.

Important Note➡ All other processes will restart while software runs so keep other programs or files closed. Otherwise, there will be loss of data. To see log report Go to C:\USBfix.txt.

METHOD 2:- REMOVE SHORTCUT VIRUS USING CMD

If you don’t want to download any software to remove virus, then you can use CMD to remove shortcut virus. You might be familiar with CMD. Just plug the USB and follow steps give below.

Open CMD by pressing windows+R or from Start Menu.

Note down the Drive Letter of USB drive from My Computer.

I am assuming drive letter to be “G”.

Migrate to G drive in CMD by entering G and press enter.

Now copy and paste the code given below
**“attrib g:*.* /d /s -h -r -s”**
Replace “g” with drive letter of your pen drive.

Now shortcut virus will be removed from selected flash drive.

METHOD 3:- USING NOTEPAD

This one is another easy method you can try out.

Open Notepad.

Copy and paste code given below.

@echo off attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive Name:*.*
attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive-Name:*.*
attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive-Name:*.*
@echo complete**
Replace drive name with name of your flash drive.

Save this file as virusremover.bat.

Run virusremover.bat and restart PC.

Shortcut virus are now removed from your PC. 

thanks #sparrow