🔒 Closed Remove virus/shortcut/hidingfiles on pc without anti virus

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Some effect of the virus
When your computer gets affected by the virus like Autorun.inf then you may be see some unexpected thing on your PC like.

Creating many empty folders
Rename the folder to some other language or sign and can’t delete it normally.
Creating many shortcuts.
Don’t allow to open the drive or folder etc.

Steps to remove virus without any Antivirus
To remove these viruses we use command prompt. So follow the steps below.
Method 1:

First of all open Run by pressing Windows Key + R and type CMD and then hit Enter.

Now select virus infected drive, for example if your D drive is infected then type D: in command and press Enter.

After selecting drive, now type attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf and hit Enter. It will show hidden Autorun.inf virus in that drive.

Now type Del autorun.inf and it will delete the autorun.inf virus if it present on that drive.

Now repeat the same process on the others drives.

After doing on the all drive restart your computer and now you will free from Autorun.inf .

Method 2:

Open Command prompt using above method.

Now select infected drive and type attrib -s -h *.* /s /d in the command and hit Enter.

Now type dir and press Enter. It will show content of this drive and check if there is an unusual .exe file or Autorun.inf file.

If you find any unusual file then rename it by typing Rename filename.extension new filename.
For example: if you find Autorun.inf then type rename autorun.inf auto and press Enter.

Now you can use the drive without affecting the virus.
 
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