How to Remove Shortcut Virus from Flash Drive, Hard Disk etc

How to Remove Shortcut Virus from Flash Drive, Hard Disk etc

Shortcut virus problem was epidemic in the older days. But, there are still some users who are facing this issue this year. Well, this article will tell you how to remove the shortcut virus easily.

What is the shortcut virus?

If the computer user says that he has not heard about it, then it would seem unusual. In the face, the shortcut virus is a type of Trojan/worm that penetrates your PC hard disk, pen drive, memory card or any kind of flash drive, and creates shortcuts to all folders and files. But, it hides the original files and folders so that users can not access them. In fact, those shortcuts are not realistic. When a user clicks on these fake shortcuts, it actually messes up the circumstances.

How a UserUsers usually suffer from shortcut virus?

This type of computer virus only affects the physical stock, and it uses removable storage as a way to spread on other devices. Therefore, when a user places a pen drive or memory card on a computer that is already affected by this Trojan/worm, it can spread on the computer too. The worst thing is that many antivirus programs cannot detect this virus because it is very intelligent.

Occasionally, users can lose their personal data permanently. Also, these data can be stolen by hackers, which usually give injections to that virus.

Some of us can try to format our flash drive to remove the shortcut virus. But this is not a proper solution. Occasionally, the culprit may still be after formatting the storage drive.

So now the question is, 'what is the solution to this?' Is there a proper antivirus software or shortcut virus remover? Yes, there are solutions.

How To Remove Shortcut Virus From Flash Drives And Windows PCs

There are several ways to fix the shortcut virus problem. You can choose one of them. By the way, these methods are given here.

1. Use the command prompt to fix the shortcut virus problem

Perhaps, this is a widely used method, and everyone suggests it to the victim. To correct the shortcut virus by using the command prompt, you can follow these instructions.

1.  At, First of all, press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the run.
2.  Now, type cmd and press enter. You can also open the Start menu, type cmd and press Enter to open the command prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type your flash drive letter. Example: My flash drive letter is E. So I need  to type E at the command prompt and then press enter
4.  Now type del * .lnk and press enter.
5.   Finally, you have to type the code below and hit enter.(  attrib -s -r -h *. * / S / d / l)
6.  Now go to your flash drive. I hope you will withdraw your lost files. Back up your files and format your pen drive.

This is not a perfect solution. To permanently delete the shortcut virus, you must also follow the other methods. This is very useful because if you want to recover your files and folders quickly.

Delete shortcut virus from hard disk:

Sometimes the shortcut may be on your hard disk in the virus. In that case, follow the above steps and use the local disk drive letter instead of the removable drive letter. After running the command, copy your files elsewhere and format the disk drive.

2. Resolve Shortcut Virus Problem Using Windows Registry Editor

This solution is extremely helpful for the infected PC. And you should try it. Because, whenever you connect an external storage drive with your computer, the shortcut virus will also spread in that drive. So, you have to stop it. Here are the proper instructions.

First of all, you will need to kill the active process of Windows. To do this, just right-click on the taskbar and select Task Manager.

• Then, find a process like wscript.exe, wscript.vbs or Microsoft Windows-based script hosts and right-click on it. Then, choose the end function.

• After that, open the Start menu, type regedit.exe, and press enter. This will open the Windows Registry Editor.

• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Software> Microsoft> Windows> CurrentVersion> Run.

• Try to find some strange keys on the right panel like odwcamszas, OUzzckky, etc. If any key seems unusual for you, just remove them. But, you should back up the registry before doing this. Also, you should do a Google search to make sure you want to delete it.

• Anyway, after removing these keys, open the Windows Task Manager again and go to the Startup tab. Then, disable any weird looking .exe or .vbs program.

• Now, open the Start menu again, type% TEMP% and press Enter. This temporary folder will open. Remove everything from it.
• Also, try to find a strange looking program on your PC and uninstall them.

I hope, doing these things properly will fix the shortcut virus problem on your computer.

3. Use third-party shortcut virus removal tool

There are several third-party tools that can cure shortcut virus problems. Most modern antivirus programs are capable of detecting this kind of Trojan. But, in some cases, you may not have a genuine antivirus. In this case, you can use USBFX. This is a good program to solve shortcut virus issues. Otherwise, you might consider the free version of Malwarebytes.

The whole PC is Affected, You can’t Do Any Thing!!!

Yes, for some users, the shortcut virus can be very stubborn to solve the problem. In this case, I advise you to try above three methods in safe mode. Hope this will work.

If you can not do anything then I suggest that you do a search on Google for further solutions. If you accept defeat, you can back up your data and then restore the window after you run these commands and formatting the entire partition.

I hope these suggestions will help you fix the shortcut virus problem. Let me know if you need additional help.

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