If you are reading this blog, then you are supposed to be a victim of the shortcut virus
Shortcut virus will turn your files on the drive into useless shortcuts, you may have important content and you are afraid if it is lost.
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| Shortcut virus sample |
- The image above is a sample of the virus on the drive.
To fix this issue without using any program, follow the steps below:
1- Press start menu and type "cmd"
2- Right click on the application, the choose open as administrator
3- Select the drive letter of the infected drive as below (for example the drive letter is F)
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| Selecting drive letter f |
4- Type the following script
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| The magical script |
attrib [drive_letter]:\*.* /d /s -h -r -s
Note: Be sure typing the drive letter after attrib command as underlined above
Hope this fix make your day
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