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    How To Remove A Virus Using Command Prompt

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    This document provides steps to remove a virus using Command Prompt (CMD) and Notepad. It explains that some viruses cannot be removed by antivirus software. The steps include opening CMD, using DIR/W/A to view all files including hidden ones, removing attributes and deleting suspicious files like AUTORUN.INF that can initiate viruses. Files can also be renamed before deleting to avoid issues. The recycle bin folder should also be checked in case viruses reside there. Following the steps carefully can help easily remove a virus using CMD.

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    How To Remove A Virus Using Command Prompt

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    This document provides steps to remove a virus using Command Prompt (CMD) and Notepad. It explains that some viruses cannot be removed by antivirus software. The steps include opening CMD, using DIR/W/A to view all files including hidden ones, removing attributes and deleting suspicious files like AUTORUN.INF that can initiate viruses. Files can also be renamed before deleting to avoid issues. The recycle bin folder should also be checked in case viruses reside there. Following the steps carefully can help easily remove a virus using CMD.

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    This document provides steps to remove a virus using Command Prompt (CMD) and Notepad. It explains that some viruses cannot be removed by antivirus software. The steps include opening CMD, using DIR/W/A to view all files including hidden ones, removing attributes and deleting suspicious files like AUTORUN.INF that can initiate viruses. Files can also be renamed before deleting to avoid issues. The recycle bin folder should also be checked in case viruses reside there. Following the steps carefully can help easily remove a virus using CMD.

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    This document provides steps to remove a virus using Command Prompt (CMD) and Notepad. It explains that some viruses cannot be removed by antivirus software. The steps include opening CMD, using DIR/W/A to view all files including hidden ones, removing attributes and deleting suspicious files like AUTORUN.INF that can initiate viruses. Files can also be renamed before deleting to avoid issues. The recycle bin folder should also be checked in case viruses reside there. Following the steps carefully can help easily remove a virus using CMD.

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    How to Remove a Virus Using Command

    Prompt (CMD) and Notepad


    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.

    Must read : How To Delete Undeletable Virus File without Software

        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 “virus”.
     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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