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.
Go to start menu and
type “cmd” in the search box or Start>all
programs>accessories>command prompt.
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.
there was no virus
in my drive so only autorun.inf is been highlighted.
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”.
Now you can access the defected drive without
affecting the virus.
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.
Enjoy :)
