AUTORUN VIRUS, AS THE NAME SUGGESTS IT USES THE AUTORUN.INF FEATURE IN THE WINDOWS OS THAT IS USED FOR LAUNCHING THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE STORED IN THE REMOVABLE MEDIA SUCH AS DVDS, USB DEVICES, CD ROMS, AS WELL AS MEMORY STICKS.
IF THERE IS AUTORUN.INF VIRUS IN USB DRIVE, EACH TIME YOU INSERT THE REMOVABLE MEDIA AND DOUBLE-CLICK YOUR DRIVES TO OPEN IT, VIRUS FILES BEGIN EXECUTING AND INFECT YOUR COMPUTER: WHICH SPREADS ITSELF ONTO THE COMPUTER BY MAKING THE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THE AUTORUN.INF AND .EXE FILES ON EVERY DRIVE OF YOUR COMPUTER.
WHEN YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED, VIRUSES MIGHT CLANDESTINELY CONNECT TO THE MALICIOUS WEB SITE AND INSTALL THE KEY LOGGER ON YOUR PC. THE KEY LOGGER STEAL ALL YOUR PRIVATE INFORMATION LIKE USERNAMES, ACCOUNT NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY, PASSWORDS, CREDIT CARD INFORMATION, AS WELL AS OTHER SENSITIVE INFORMATION. IT IS THUS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO REMOVE THE AUTORUN VIRUS FROM COMPUTER
BELOW IS A GUIDE TO DELETE THE AUTORUN.INF VIRUS MANUALLY, MANUAL REMOVAL OF THE AUTORUN.INF VIRUS IS SUGGESTED JUST TO COMPUTER EXPERTS AS REMOVING AND EDITING THE WINDOWS REGISTRY MAY CAUSE YOU SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE SYSTEM.
Remove autorun.inf virus on USB drive
PLUG THE USB DRIVE INTO YOUR COMPUTER, A WINDOW DIALOGUE MAY APPEAR, DON’T CLICK ON OK , JUST CHOOSE ‘CANCEL’.
GO TO COMMAND PROMPT AND TYPE YOUR USB DRIVE LETTER.
TYPE DIR /W/A AND PRESS ENTER, THIS WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF THE FILES IN IN YOUR FLASH DRIVE. REMOVE THE FILES: RAVMON.EXE, NTDELECT.COM, NEW FOLDER.EXE, KAVO.EXE SVCHOST.EXE, AUTORUN.INF IF YOU FIND THEM.
TO DELETE THE VIRUS JUST TYPE DEL AND THE FILENAME EXAMPLE. F:\DEL AUTORUN.INF AND HIT ENTER.
RUN A ANTIVIRUS SCAN ON YOUR USB DRIVES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THREATS ARE REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY
DELETE AUTORUN.INF ON HARD DRIVE OF COMPUTER
BOOT YOUR SYSTEM IN THE SAFE MODE AND THEN OPEN A COMMAND PROMPT.
DELETE THE FOLLOWING FILES:
%SYSTEM%\CONFIG\CSRSS.EXE
%WINDIR%\MEDIA\ARONA.EXE
%SYSTEM%\LOGON.BAT
%SYSTEM%\CONFIG\AUTORUN.INF
C:\AUTORUN.INF
D:\AUTORUN.INF
E:\ AUTORUN.INF
F:\AUTORUN.INF
AUTORUN.INF FILES IN ALL DRIVES.
OPEN THE REGISTRY EDITOR AND DELETE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS:
[HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\SYSTEM]
DISABLETASKMGR = 1
[HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER]
NOFOLDEROPTIONS = 1
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUNONCE]
"WORMS" = "%SYSTEM%\LOGON.BAT"
REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER
THE METHOD FOR REMOVING AUTORUN VIRUS ABOVE IS USEFUL FOR SOME TYPES OF SIMPLE AUTORUN VIRUSES. IF THE AUTORUN.INF COME BACK AGAIN AFTER REMOVAL AND REINSTALL ITSELF ONTO FLASH DRIVE OR LOCAL DRIVE, EVEN THE ANTIVIRUS COULD NOT DETECT IT, THAT MEANS THE YOU HAVE INFECTED A NEW VARIANT VIRUS, WHICH IS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED MANUALLY.
IN THIS CASE, YOU NEED TO USE THE EFFECTIVE AUTORUN REMOVAL TOOL.
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