How To Remove Virus turning files on removable drive into shortcuts - Easy Permanent Solution

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Many people are having this virus problem. This virus spreads via USB drives and converts all the files and folders into shortcuts. But real files are still there, just hidden.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;">This Problem is also referred to as </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;">.LNK and .PIF file shortcuts vulnerability in Windows Shell</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fix this problem in simple steps.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLij6IgryJ7CwAIwge5u3AwnsaMyzR6rJx62QSeMuIf0D5d8QsU0mwyPXzDhmDBSb8YsfQa4Fro21IMx8SJlCiYtkoc31AcFphwCXGBsy5wANUbvCHFSmGusxeHoq25adTX9Yrz8Eb40k/s1600/New+Picture.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLij6IgryJ7CwAIwge5u3AwnsaMyzR6rJx62QSeMuIf0D5d8QsU0mwyPXzDhmDBSb8YsfQa4Fro21IMx8SJlCiYtkoc31AcFphwCXGBsy5wANUbvCHFSmGusxeHoq25adTX9Yrz8Eb40k/s200/New+Picture.bmp" width="163" /></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">View hidden files<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Goto Folder Options<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then  “View” tab</span></div> <br /> <o:p></o:p><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Check show hidden files and folder.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clear the following check boxes:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">      “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">      “Hide extensions for known file types”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Click apply the changes<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remove virus<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If your antivirus does not detect it you can do manually.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and ‘End’ Process ‘wscript.exe’ that is currently running. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Click on Start>RUN<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Type REGEDIT then Enter to open registry editor.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER\<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">>Software\<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">>Microsoft\<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">>Windows\<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">>CurrentVersion\<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">     </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">>Run.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">            </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On right find any file or description that ends with  .vbs or .vbe and note of were that file is located<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">            </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Minimize it<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">            </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Go to that location and delete the *.vbs or *.vbe file.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">            </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Go back to REGEDIT and delete the key referencing that .vbs  file<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">        </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To confirm if this file is not present anywhere, search for *.vbe in my computer and delete if any<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Three<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Delete the shortcuts and other unrecognized files on removable drive<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Four<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Remove hidden attribute from files on USB Drive<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SZ87vpbi-dihSRwgLS95J6cZAmaWBSSaDBNR08egRuHDm-ZNc8XWcAD752ps0ZSZgLwTGzrtnM9Ds0Mwi960AMhah4kesBE3OBfEKqX_qaHIvf5DyA9MbPsXuFxbZqa7QVy7s8BZLL4/s1600/New+Picture+(1).bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SZ87vpbi-dihSRwgLS95J6cZAmaWBSSaDBNR08egRuHDm-ZNc8XWcAD752ps0ZSZgLwTGzrtnM9Ds0Mwi960AMhah4kesBE3OBfEKqX_qaHIvf5DyA9MbPsXuFxbZqa7QVy7s8BZLL4/s200/New+Picture+(1).bmp" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Go to command prompt in accessories<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Type <b>L:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Then enter<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(Where “L” is your drive letter)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Then type<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">attrib -s -h /s /d *.*</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Enter<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DONE</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Problem Solved<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Keywords:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">desktop, hidden files, hidden folder, link or pif file shortcuts, removal tool, Shortcut virus, shortcuts, virus converting files into shortcuts, virus usb, </span></span></div> </div>

How To Remove Virus turning files on removable drive into shortcuts - Easy Permanent Solution

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