Remove autorun.inf virus & related .exe file

As I told already autorun.inf is excellent feature gifted by Microsoft to Windows user. However every good thing can be used bad purpose. Malware writer using this feature to fulfill their notorious desire.

So its better get protected before infection.

Autorun.inf files are generally comes with your flash drive & that includes the malicious code inside it.

That affects to your computer like,
* Folder option settings like "Show files and folder" not working.
* Your drives opens in new window.
* Other problems that may be coded in autorun.inf file.

Method 1: Remove malicious files using "cmd".

• Run your computer in SAFE MODE. (Because if you remove malicious files in NORMAL MODE, i am sure it will bounce back to your computer.)
• Go to Run --> cmd.
• Go to each drive using [drive-letter]: (e.g. d:).
• Type: dir /ah --> that will shows you the hidden files in drive.
• Find autorun.inf and its malicious exe ??
• Type: del /ah /s /f "file-name"

where,
/ah - Deletes hidden file.
/s - Delete files in all subfolders.
/f - Delete files forcefully.

• Go to each drive and follows above steps.

NOTE: To protect from future attacks, make a folder named with "autorun.inf" and other malicious exe.


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