How to Remove a Virus Using Command Prompt
 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 “virusâ€.
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.
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