Question

if you have used your pen drive on someone else's computer . will you use it on your laptop or PC without scanning it? why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

What this virus do is take help of one the system program to create a shortcut exe on the pendrive and you will not be able to access the data on your pendrive without double ...

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Answer 2

Explanation:

The problem is the USB shortcut virus. It is a type of malware that has infected your USB drive and made your files inaccessible by hiding all the files and replacing them with the shortcuts having the same name.

You must not click the links or you will spread the virus easily. To remove the virus and repair the pen drive, follow the methods.

Method 1:

Remove the virus by a USB Shortcut Virus Removal Tool

There are many antivirus software programs. Chose a powerful one to remove the virus completely. The common process is stated below.

Step 1. Download, install, and run the antivirus program.

Step 2. Scan the system.

Step 3. Besides removing the shortcut virus, the antivirus will show the list of the other viruses on the next interface.

Step 4. Clean the shortcuts of the program to make sure that the virus is removed completely from the system.

Method 2: Removal of the virus by using CMD

This is a built-in method.

Step 1. Press Windows + R key and type CMD in the dialogue box.

Step 2. Write the name of your USB drive such as G: E: and press enter. Type ATTRIBUTE -H -R -S AUTORUN.INF in the prompt and press enter once again to remove shortcut virus.

Step 3. Type DEL AUTORUN.INF and press enter to remove the virus completely.

Method 3: Format the USB Drive

Step 1. Right-click on the USB drive and click Format.

Step 2. Select the NTFS file system on the interface and change the volume label if necessary. Give tick mark on Quick Format. Then press Start > Yes to confirm to format the USB drive with the removal of the USB flash drive shortcut virus.

Recover the lost data after removing the USB Shortcut Virus

Recoverit data recovery tools can recover the files from the USB shortcut virus.

Step 1: Open the tool after installing it on your system.

Step 2: Select the pen drive location from the external storage device option (plug in the Pendrive).

Step 3: Scan the Pendrive.

Step 4: Preview and recover the files that you want to recover. You can delete the others.

Be careful in transferring data by using Pendrive as it tends more to virus attack. Use an antivirus to scan it always. Don’t lose hope if the virus gets the Pendrive, the ways are stated on the above to overcome.