The Software will scan for all infected elements and will remove shortcut virus from your device.I used to have the OS on D: Drive and at some point it got corrupted so instead of re formatting I installed another disk and installed the OS there and now I have another disk as C: and D: is my secondary hard drive ever since, but windows files remained there, ofcourse, I deleted windows files manually already but there's a folder there that contains I believe System REstore points, i can't access normally and can only access with Treesize free, the full path is System Volume Information\System Restore\Program Files\WindowsApps, and it contains a ton of app files I believe, (weird folders with names like OneNote, etc,), all dated from 2017, only one folder dated from 2018 and it was early 2018 and it weights around 2gb, and I cannot delete it, I have a ubuntu boot USB and I think I can delete from there but im not sure if its safe to do so, I already tried disabling system restore for the drive and wiping them from disk cleanup advanced options but it didn't help, the 2gb is still allocated to that folder and I cannot remove it from windows, not evne in safe mode. Now before running usbfix insert the peripheral device/s which you want to scan or remove virus shortcut from.Īfter running the usbfix click on Clean option.Ī popup message will appear asking to Connect all your external data sources to your PC (Usb keys, external drives, etc…), connect the device which you want to scan or remove the shortcut virus from and then click ok. This is the best way of getting rid of the virus.ĭownload usbfix from the link provided here and run it. Replace the drive “E” with the desired/infected drive/pen drive you want to scan, for eg if you want to scan and remove shortcut virus from drive G, Replace “E” with “G”Ĭopy one of the commands from above and paste it into command prompt window and press Enter. Open the Command prompt, click on start–> Search–>cmd–>Enter it will open the Command prompt, type in the following command FAT32 is limited to a maximum of a 32GB storage volume, so it will not have the option to format it in this file system on any storage drives larger than. Shortcut Virus Removal Method 3, Using Command prompt: Step2: Download Autorun Exterminator from the link provided here extract the folder and run the file which is named as “Autorun Exterminator” this will automatically remove shortcut virus from your device.ĭownload Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware from the link provided here, Install and update it and then run a full scan of your computer/device it will automatically remove virus shortcut present in your computer. The Shortcut Virus or bug may look to many as a small problem and usually, the infected victims do not take any action to remove it, while others take it seriously and look on the internet to find a shortcut virus remover tool or tutorial to remove it from USB Pendrive or Computer.
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