Are your removable devices like pendrive are suffering from automatically generated shortcut viruses and which also permanently hides the folders that are in your pendrive???Are you wondering how to remove shortcut virus???Do you know how to unhide permanently hidden folders and files??? This shortcut viruses are not easily removed and once you delete it and next time you again connect with your computer it again shows up and if you click it then your computer is completely affected by this virus, it also hides every folder that are in pendrive and cannot be seen even if we try to unhide it.
For this we just need one simple command to remove it because even antivirus are not able to find it and these viruses remain in our pendrive for ever and doesnt let us to see our own files.
Follow these simple steps to overcome this trouble:
1. Click start menu Open up ram and enter cmd .
2. It shows up like this c:Documents and settings[your admin name] >
3. Change this to the drive of your pendrive by simply clicking f: ,g: etc and enter.
4. Then first to delete those shortcut viruses use command in my case. f: del *.lnk and enter.This should delete all shortcut viruses in your removable device.
5. Then to unhide all the folders that are in pendrive in command prompt enter
f: attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.*
f: attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.*
6. This will take a minute or two to unhide all your hidden items. once you unhide it you will see all your folders that were hidden before.
7. Remember this will also unhide the Virus Folder which will be have a weird name and it will also unhide the Recycler folder.
8. Delete both these folders and once you do it You got rid of shortcut and hidden folders.
i didnt know it was that easy thanks..cool trick
i am trying to apply this trick in windows 7.
but it is not working….
when you press cmd in run dialog box it certainly leads to command prompt and the command are still the same for any microsoft windows versions. Just try some improvisation.
nice… i knew about this but didn't know the exact code… thanks… am gonna share it on http://webarchitect.cu.cc
it ain't got no copyright so you can share it :)) its all about helping each other.
yeah bro… I just posted it. I also made some updates that fixes a few problems users may run into.
its at:
http://webarchitect.cu.cc/index.php/cool-stuff/40-must-know/82-remove-shortcut-virus-and-unhide-permanently-hidden-files
Google has blocked all co.cc sites and your cu.cc site wont open in my browser coz my antivirus blocks your site. Google says co.cc was used too much by spammers. i had another domain name with co.cc bt it was blocked so i have to turn it into blogspot bro…. keep up the good work bro ciao
thnks dude..
thankyou very much bro!
thank you boss its very useful
I manage to unhide the folders but every time I pluck in the flash drive, it will get re-infected again. Is there any idea how to overcome this problem?
well your PC/Laptop might be infected with virus. just installs antivirus like(NOD32/Avira/Comodo)update it and full scan you'll get rid of you problems
no problemo
no problemo
The informations were really useful.
Thank you very much
well its my pleasure 🙂
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Thanks it was that i was looking for….
Thanks a lot dear ..It helped me in this simple way..Keep doing such great things …
how to remove this file from my pemdrive it is creating problem and making file hidden and shortcut of the files b089cc196d33ce362f34cea6edbe1dc2.exe
Thanks dude 🙂
😀
Sure 😀 thanks.
You can use unlocker http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/
and remove it or just update your antivirus and remove it. if the problem still the same just format your pendrive buddy but make sure your important data in the pendrive is backedup. 🙂
just reply if nothing solve's your problem. goodday 🙂
Your welcome buddy! dont forget to mention your problems coz i will be here to help ya guys 😉
it works…but why is that so, every time i plug my usb again then it has a shortcut virus again. i just want that shortcut virus to be removed permanently…it really annoys me. thank you.
First I'm lucky to help you 🙂 and second your computer/laptop might be infected wid some crappy virus. For now i would recommend you to just to get an Antivirus(except AVG), update it and scan your gadget. I believe this surely helps, if you still face the same problem then jst hit me up. Goodday!!Cheers!!
P.S everytime you plug your USB in some others PC, and when you plug that in your computer later ALWAYS DO REMEMBER TO SCAN IT FIRST.
I have this shortcut virus too but a little different. Once you open the drive it contains a single shortcut and in order to access your files you have to open the shortcut file. I followed the instructions but whenever i type the attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.* it says:
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-20
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-1157109273-3096776663-965107183-1000
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-1602929085-955264715-3787069333-1000
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-1993642634-2734503040-4162037143-1000
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-2325740720-1741579809-3745426228-1001
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-2439832064-182950242-700878738-1001
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3281887620-3012453729-1272337353-1000
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3382277220-1544306177-2838738282-1001
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3676696000-1663809685-4183565039-1000
Access denied – F:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3733624326-3159872563-3014704067-1000
Access denied – F: RECYCLERS-1-5-21-1454471165-562591055-682003330-500
Access denied – F: RECYCLERS-1-5-21-1454471165-562591055-682003330-501
Access denied – F:System Volume Information
Is there any way i can access and backup my files before formatting? Sorry for long post .. Thanks!
I believe you should First Scan your pen drive with an updated Antivirus and use your account as an Administrator.. if this doesn't solve your problem then please contact me again.