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How to Remove Autorun.inf virus Completly from System & Flash Drives using CMD

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Is your PC a victim of the Autorun.inf virus? How to Remove Autorun.inf completely explains the simple way of removing Autorun.inf virus by using Autorun.inf Eater software.  Deleting autorun.inf is effective only if the computer you are using is clean otherwise the autorun.inf will simply bounce back.

Using CMD to Remove Autorun.inf Virus from the System & Removable Drives


Method One

  • Open command line (CMD) and write the following:

del /a:rhs [driveletter]:autorun.inf

  • Simply Replace  [driveletter] with your drive. If the virus is on the D drive the commad will be

del /a:rhs D:autorun.inf

  • Restart the computer & Done.

Second Method

Genreally when you refresh the windows explorer view a bounded virus process recreates this file. This file is attached to many events of windows explorer including OPEN, REFRESH, etc.
You must close opened explorer windows.

1. Open up a command prompt (i.e. cmd.exe) >> to load it go to Run, type cmd, enter.
2. Now to remove virus’s attributes (in order to delete it type following line by line and execute them pressing enter.

F:
F:attrib -s -r -h *.*

If there are any malicious EXE files those are now visible so if unnecessary delete them too.

F:del autorun.inf

3. After finishing above, quickly remove the pendrive as soon as posible (just after executing del command).
4. Now your pen is without virus activation config. file. Now you can safely delete unnecessary EXE files on it.

Method Third

  • Download Flash_Disinfector.exe from here and save it to your desktop.
  • Double-click Flash_Disinfector.exe to run it and follow any prompts that may appear.
  • The utility may ask you to insert your flash drive and/or other removable drives including your mobile phone.
  • Please do so and allow the utility to clean up those drives as well.
  • Wait until it has finished scanning and then exit the program.
  • Reboot your computer when done.

Note: Flash_Disinfector will remove any autorun.inf files, create a hidden folder named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive plugged in when you ran it. Don’t delete this folder. It will help protect your drives from future infection.

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  • Nice post to be safe from usb virus
  • Titan
    thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a lot,it helped me!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Kristenne
    OMG thanks so much! I've been having problems with the autorun worm..i'm so happy it's all ok now thanks to this article! :)
  • I am also happy that these methods are helping many people.
  • gaurav
    but i cant able to delete it from my sd card....
  • In Sd Card Autorun.inf is a requirement itself. Why do you want to remove it? It cant be removed as it is need to autoplay automatically when use din the SD device.
  • Cosmo23459
    But the same happens to me, in my SD Card, Autorun.inf is detected as a threath, and I cant delete nor reformat my card...what does this mean?
  • nafeeeee
    i just didnt work for me...huhu T_T
  • Download Disinfecter form the above link provided & it will do the job.
  • praveen
    thank u man.........
  • Nice tips.
    bOOkmarked this page who knows when will my pc next get infected.
    thnx
  • Thanks a lot man, this saved me a whole lot of issues, and made my Monday
  • Keep in Touch, Sleek.
  • Great tips! I'm sure it will help someone. :)
  • Thanks, Nice to see you here , TechChunks
  • Thanks for tips..
  • govardhankini
    Thank You. I have tried other methods on other websites, but, your 3rd one helped me and get rid of it. THANKS A LOT ONCE AGAIN.
  • grdstriker14
    THANK YOU!! I really appreciate your help! I was desperately trying to find a solution to this problem and the use of flash disinfector simply helped me to get rid of it in just a few seconds!!
  • Excellent article... its very very useful for me....
    Thanks
  • Great article indeed. I also suffered from this kind of attack but I usually reformat the drive rather than cleaning it. Anyway, it's just a flash usb drive.
  • Thanks, Renz
    Nice to see you here.
  • @ Viral
    Thanks, Keep in touch of http://inforids.com/ to be informed in tech tips & tools.
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