Pendrive, SD Cards or Flash drives are very common device to transfer data from one computer to another, sometimes we get errors while connecting Pendrive to Computer and during data transfer one of them is Shortcut Error, basically, this is a Virus known as Shortcut virus, it converts every file into shortcut in Pendrive or Hard drive, this article will guide you to remove shortcut virus from your flash drive as well as computer.
Pendrive, SD Cards or Flash drives are very common device to transfer data from one computer to another, sometimes we get errors while connecting Pendrive to Computer and during data transfer one of them is Shortcut Error, basically, this is a Virus known as Shortcut virus, it converts every file into shortcut in Pendrive or Hard drive, this article will guide you to remove shortcut virus from your flash drive as well as computer.
method
1
open command prompt
type attrib -h-s-r-a/s/d (your usb latter):,
method
2
open txt folder
type
attrib -h-s-r-a/s/d(usb latter(G)):,
and
save (name).bat
and run administrate
How to Remove Shortcut Virus Permanently from Computer.
Once you recover files into USB drive you can use them but if you again plug-in USB Flash drive into the infected computer your flash drive will infect, so it is better to remove the source of this virus i,e infected the computer, follow the steps below to remove shortcut virus manually from the computer.
Step 1. First open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + del Or Right Click on the taskbar and click on Task Manager.
Step 2. Go to the Process tab and look for process Wscript.exe, Scroll down and find any such process, Now Right Click on it and click on End Task.
Step 3. Now go to Start and search for “Regedit“, open it you will get Registry Editor to navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
Here look for Registry Keys “WXCKYz“, ” ZGFYszaas” “OUzzckky” “odwcamszas” if you find any of them then right-click on it and delete this registry key. If you don’t find exact registry key then look for similar registry keys and search them on google to know what they do.
his will remove Shortcut Virus from your Computer, if not then try these steps.
Press Windows + R key, you will get Run box, type %temp% here and hit OK, now temp folder will be open look for file nkvasyoxww.vbs WXCKYz.vbs“, ” ZGFYszaas.vbs” “OUzzckky.vbs and delete it.
Go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. Check Startup folder if nkvasyoxww.vbs and other similar .vbs files exist here then delete them.
Press Windows + R key, type “msconfing” into the run dialog box and hit OK, it will open System Configuration, Go to Startup tab, and look for nkvasyoxww.vbs and other similar .vbs files uncheck them from startup and hit OK.
There may be a different name for the VBS file, just make sure you don’t have any file with an unusual name and VBS extension at the startup, registry, and temp folder.
In Windows 8, Open Task Manager and go to Startup tab, disable nkvasyoxww.vbs from here.