Sunday 27 December 2015

How To Remove Short-Cut Virus From Your PC Using Windows CMD (Command Prompt)

First and foremost, it's advisable you update your Anti-virus to see how it all goes and if this doesn't solve the issue, you can proceed to the methods below. Apart from updating your Antivirus,there are some softwares capable of getting rid of this virus. The best of them are listed below;

1. SVRTool.exe

2. Autorun Exterminator

3. Smadav shortcut virus remover

4. Wnload Combofix shortcut remover

So, download any of those and follow the instructions on the sites to use them.

1. Manual fixes are also available to solve this problem.Therefore,you can make use of any method you consider easier.

a). Insert whichever drive is infected by this virus into your system and check the drive's extension i.e. A: .... Z: from ‘My Computer’,

b). Click on Start » Run / Winkey+R and type cmd in the textbox provided - Hit Enter.

c). Copy paste the code below into the command prompt and hit 'Enter'.
         attrib -h -r -s /s /d E:\*.*

PLEASE NOTE THAT; You will have to change E: to your drive's extension.)

d). Now,check to confirm that the virus has been completely cleared-off. Else, you can use this alternative outlined below.

a). Go to the control panel to untick “Hide protected operating system files” or simply use the search box.

b.)Navigate to “C:\Windows\System32” and manually delete regsvr

c.)If you can't find the file in System32, then try locating it in “C:\program files”. If you still cannot find it there,then try locating it in the “Processes” tab in Task Manager.

Now, with all the software & manual fixes highlighted above,one is bound to work for the drive.

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