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REMOVE virus from your computer using Command Prompt (CMD) in 5 simple steps

Virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect computers. The term "virus" is erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability.
A true virus can spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code). One of the ways by which a virus can infect your PC is through USB/Flash drives.
Common viruses such as 'Ravmon' , 'New Folder.exe', 'Orkut is banned' are spreading through USB drive .
Most anti virus programs are unable to detect them and even if they do, in most cases they are unable to delete the file, only quarantine it.So in our post we use command prompt to remove harmful files that any anti-virus can't.

These are the steps: 
Step 1: Go to start menu and type “cmd” in the search box or Start>all programs>accessories>command prompt.

Step 2: Select the infected drive,to do so type in CMD , D: to go to D: drive.

Step 3: Now type dir/w/a . It will show all the files of the drive including hidden files.

Now Check if there is any file or virus that you are not aware of and you think might be Harmful to your PC.

Step 4: Usually there is Autorun.inf file which you must delete it. to do so Type in attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf and press Enter. Type del autorun.inf and press Enter. Follow this for all other drives.

Step 5: We have now Succesfully found and deleted autorun.inf file from D drive. if you find any .exe file which is unknown to you. then delete it using the same above method.

How to remove Shortcut virus using cmd in 4 simple steps?

The Shortcut viruses are those which converts all your data from your pen drive or Hard disk to shortcuts, but they are recoverable. just follow the below given steps to remove shortcut virus from pen drive and recover back your files.

Step 1 :Go to Start -> Run -> cmd.

Step 2 :Go to your pen drive directory.

Step 3 :Type this command: del *.lnk and press Enter.

Step 4 :Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d e:\*.* And then press Enter.
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