Virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect your
computer. These viruses can spread via USB/flash drive or from one
computer to other computer by few written codes. There are many
antivirus software available to remove viruses from computer. But there
are some viruses or suspicious files which can’t be removed by any
antivirus software. Some suspicious files such as autorun.inf initiate
all the viruses in pc. These files must be removed for safe operation of
your pc, because they may lead to data loss, software damages etc. Such
viruses and files can be removed by using cmd. In this article we will
discuss how to remove a virus using command prompt. Following steps can
be used to remove a virus using command prompt from your computer.
- First Open Command Prompt (CMD).
- Open the infected drive such as write, g: to go to G drive.
- Now type dir/w/a . It will show all the files of the drive including hidden files.
- Locate AUTORUN.INF or any Virus and other suspicious files in the directory.
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there was no virus in my drive so only autorun.inf is been highlighted.
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Type command attrib -r –a –s –h to remove attributes of corresponding file.
- Type del autorun.inf to delete autorun.inf file.
- Now type del virus name.exe t delete it, eg : del newfolder.exe .
(You can also delete viruses by using following steps:
- When you find an Autorun.inf file or any other unusual .exe file just rename it.
Syntax for
rename is (rename filename.extension new name , for example: (rename
autorun.inf virus) to rename autorun.inf file. Here I have renamed it by
“virus”.
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Now you can access the defected drive without affecting the virus.
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To delete the renamed file go to the defected drive and select the file you renamed.
Now delete the harmful renamed files.)
You have deleted that virus successfully but sometimes virus resides in the Recycler folder.To locate this folder:
- Type cd recycler command.
- Again type dir/w/a to locate all file of the folder.
- Identify malicious files and delete them using above commands.
Follow the above steps carefully and i think this information is enough to remove a virus using command prompt easily.
Important: Make sure that no other processes being running while performing these actions. Best of luck.
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