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So, that’s a simple guide on removal of shortcuts virus from USB/PC and a simple recovery of lost data. Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 (Review).Now open your Pen drive and it will display all your files and folders which were previously converted into shortcuts.Type attrib -H -S G:\*.* /S /D /L in the command line and hit Enter.Click on Start=>All Programs=>Accessories=> CMD, right click on it and run it as Administrator.

Enable the option Show Hidden System Files and Folders from the folder options menu.

Open your pen drive and delete all the shortcuts present there.

Scan your PC and Pen Drive with both tools.

Install the USB Disk Security and MS Security Essentials antivirus on your PC.

In order to recover your lost data, follow the below mentioned steps. If you attach a pen drive with a PC infected with shortcuts virus then automatically it will create shortcuts of all files on your pen drive. So, if you are a Windows user then install MSE antivirus immediately and scan your computer as well as pen drives with it. It will clean and protect your data from viruses and will help you to fight against Trojans. You can take it as the best shortcuts virus remover antivirus and after all, it’s totally free to use. It is my favourite antivirus program that is capable of fighting with severe viruses including the one that creates shortcuts of files. It is recommended that you should first scan your flash drive with USB Disk security before opening it. Usually the viruses are transmitted through autorun.inf files and this software first kills those processes and prevent the virus from being copied. It will automatically detect and removes shortcuts virus as soon as you attach any external pen drive with your PC. Install USB Disk Security program In order to keep your computer save from viruses that transmit through USB pen drives. Along with that, here are some tools to remove the virus permanently from your computer.

In this article, we will be learning How to remove shortcuts virus from pendrives/USB. Just by using a simple command in CMD, one can easily get all the lost data restored within minutes. Recently, I shared a small guide to unhide hidden system files on Pen drive. You can easily recover your data if it is infected by a virus (that creates shortcuts of Files and Folders). Apparently it looks like the original data has been eaten up by the virus but in actual that is not the case. First it hides all the data present on flash drive and then creates shortcuts of all files. The virus that automatically creates shortcuts in USB pen drive is much common these days.