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Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by bong4(m): 12:30pm On Jun 01, 2011
Good Day all,
pls can any one show me how to remove short cuts from my external hard drive. I inserted it into a friend's system and by the time i brought it ouot, it changed all my folders into 1kb short cuts. Is there an anti virus to remove it? PLs you can send it to okon4goodnews@yahoo.com
Thanks
Re: Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by Caliente(m): 8:02am On Jun 04, 2011
[size=13] Please I have the same virus on my flash drive and micro sd card, how do I remove it? Thanx. skinnyspecie@yahoo.com [/size]
Re: Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by Nobody: 8:14am On Jun 04, 2011
To remove this virus, you have to be at least an advanced user

1. Insert hard disk and take note of drive letter. e.g C, F, J. The drive letter is what is used to represent the hard disk when viewed in the my computer window.

2. Open the command promp window and type the following
cd /d x: where x is the drive letter of your hard disk

e.g if my hard disk drive letter is h, i would type

cd /d h:
press enter

next type dir. press enter
this will display some files. look for one that's similar to x.exe. x can be any letter

type
del x.exe
press enter

now to recover your files

type the following
attrib -s -h * /S /D
prezs enter.

to ensure the virus is completely removed, i'd advise you download the latest kaspersky antivirus.

hope this wworks. cheers
Re: Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by DanjaNinja(m): 11:05am On Mar 08, 2015
Download Smadav Antivirus. Works wonderfully well.
Re: Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by chudeTV: 11:19pm On Mar 21, 2015
http://chudetv.com/Fix-Windows-Files-And-Folders-Showing-As-Shortcuts_v1019

Very simple instructional video there on how u can solve the problem without installing anything. DIY.

Thank me later smiley
Re: Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by mitnick(m): 7:35am On Mar 22, 2015
no need to go far just download usbfix. nd ur job is done within seconds.
Re: Short Cut Virus On My External Hard Drive by Gmekx(m): 7:07am On Mar 24, 2015
Are those viruses

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