How to Remove Shortcut Virus from PC / Laptop / Pendrive permanently

Most of Computer User are familiar with a sentence that "Computer Virus infection is only removed through antivirus programs". But this time we are talking about Shortcut Virus which is a new modern virus automatically comes in your Computer/USB/SD Card/Pendrive and convert your content into a shortcut. Some time this virus also invisible your all contents.The first thing I really got mad for the Shortcut virus problem is not removable by anti-virus programs.

When you Scan your Shortcut virus infected storage with anti-virus program they give �No threat detected� which was really confusing. Once I came across this shortcut folder virus and then I researched on it and found the solution to Remove shortcut virus from PC/Laptop or from Pen drive. So today I am going to tell you how you can avoid or remove this virus from your system.

Method 1: Remove Shortcut using cmd

For Unaffected Computer:

From Start Menu click on RUN .
Type wscript.exe and press enter.
Click on Stop script after specified number of seconds . Put the valus 1 . Then Click on Apply .

Now, No Virus will not be able to enter your computer for pendrive/removable device.

For Affected Computer:

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc from KeyBoard
Go To Process Tab
Now, Select wscript.exe file.
Then Click on End Process
Now Go through Your Computer C:/ And search wscript using search Box.
If, you find any file Delete all of them by pressing Shift+Delete key
If, some file are unable delete then skip them
Then From Start Menu click on RUN .
Type wscript.exe and press enter.
Click on Stop script after specified number of seconds . Put the valus 1 . Then Click on Apply .

Now, No Virus will not be able to enter your computer for pendrive/removable device.

For Affected Computer:

Connect your affected pendirive on your computer
From Start Menu click on RUN .
Type cmd and press enter.
Now, Type Your Pendrive letter(Like: H:) and press enter.
Then type this code correctly
attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.*
After typing Press enter from your Keyboard
Now, Open your Pendrive from My Computer . You will show all of pendrive files.
Collect and save all of important and necessary files from your pendrive to Hard Disk and format your pendrive.

Now, Your Computer and pendrive is totally shortcut virus free.

Method 2: Remove Shortcut using BAT (.bat) file

Open Notepad from your computer/laptop.
Type or copy the below code as it is on notepad.

@echo off

attrib -h -s -r -a /s /d Drive:*.*

@echo complete

Make sure to replace Drive with your drive name. Eg: H:
Now click on Save As� by clicking on File tab in notepad and change the save as type to �All files(*.*)� from �Text documents� and rename it to removeshortcutvirus.bat and save it on your desktop.

Now close notepad and go to desktop and double click on the BAT file that you have just created.
All shortcut viruses from the respective drive will now be removed in couple of seconds and your original files will be back.

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