19/12/2016
Shortcut virus.
Most computers nowadays are infected by shortcut
virus especially public computers that are accessible
to everybody (university lab computers, Internet
cafè etc.)
The circulation of this virus is inevitable since it
targets USB drives and infects files on them
rendering the files unreadable and useless.
I did lots of research trying to find out the actual
signature of this virus and where it resides once it
infects a computer, this was as a result of the
computers on my network getting infected by this
virus which drove me nuts for a few weeks before I
got a solution.
Most of the free antivirus versions like Avast can't
detect this threat but Kaspersky Internet Security
can.
Computer Virus infection is only removed through
antivirus programs as you know, but this time we
are talking about Shortcut Virus, a new modern
virus automatically comes in your computer/USB/
SD card and convert all of your content into a
shortcut. Some time this virus makes you content
invisible (not showing) and storage showing still full.
The first thing I really got mad about Shortcut
virus problem is not removable by anti-virus
programs, even when you scan the shortcut virus
infected location with an antivirus, it reply “No
threat detected” and it becomes really confusing.
People who don’t know how to remove this virus,
they just perform a format over infected storage.
If you’re helpless to format your storage, so
please don’t do this again, because it is not a
genuine solution. If your storage didn’t contain
files or anything important, then you should
format your storage because formatting also a
another method to flush out shortcut virus.
The cause of this virus is The internet, third party
software, USB storage and more. Sometime when
you connect a pen drive to your friend’s computer
for exchanging data, but you didn’t know your
friend’s computer is already infected by a
shortcut virus. As you connect the pen drive back
to your computer, the virus becomes the part of
your computer.
Remove Shortcut Virus From Pen Drive & SD Card
There are two different methods available to
remove this virus, First is using CMD and secondary
is using a Software. Before going though a
method, I highly recommend you to First Scan the
infected storage with an antivirus, and then raise
your hand in my inbox.
I can't post a solution here as one solution might
work somebody but fail to work for somebody else.
I need to first get a technical description about
the kind of virus that is giving you headache so
that I can help appropriately.
Regards.
Jovan's
Admin
