Remove USB Virus That Replaces Files with Links
USB viruses are one of the most common virus types and I recently caught one on my Pendrive. It is a virus that hides all the files on your drive and creates a link named “Removable Drive (16GB).lnk”. However, this virus is not as scary as it seems. It doesn’t delete your files or encrypt them. Instead, it creates a hidden folder and moves all the files into that folder. Here I will show you how to remove this virus from your USB drive.
How To Clean Your USB Drive
Here are the steps to remove a USB virus that hides all your files from your USB drive:
- Open a command prompt (Windows Key + R, then type
cmd
and press ENTER) and navigate to your drive by typing drive letter and semicolon likeF:
then press ENTER. Use your own drive letter here. - Run this command
attrib -s -r -h *.* /s /d /l
- Open a windows explorer window, navigate to your USB drive and search for
"."
. - You will see all of your files in search results. Right-click one of them and select
"Open Containing (Destination) Folder"
. - Navigate to the top folder containing all your files and move all of them to your desktop.
- Now that you saved your files, it is safe to format the USB drive.
- Right click on the USB drive and select
Format..
- Select
Quick Format
and pressStart
- Restore your files from Desktop back to your USB drive if you need to.
I hope this guide was helpful in solving your virus problem. If it didn’t help, please share the details in the comment area below.
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Virus Detailed Information
And for reference here is a list of all files added by the virus:
E:Removable Drive (16GB).lnk E:ÿ E:System Volume Information E:ÿ--_-_-----____------___------_____-_---_____-__-_--____.--_-_-----____------___------_____-_---_____-__-_--____ E:ÿdesktop.ini E:ÿIndexerVolumeGuid E:System Volume InformationIndexerVolumeGuid E:System Volume InformationWPSettings.dat
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