Thursday, July 07, 2011
Anu
Once it happened to a friend of mine, when his newly bought laptop was infected with this autorun.inf virus.
This virus corrupted almost all the drives on the Hard disk, and when
ever he tried to double click on the drive or opening any drive it
opened in a new window. In some cases, when your drive is infected with
this Autorun.inf virus, you won’t be able to access the drive
completely. You have to browse the drive by Exploring it i.e; Ctrl+E
keys from the keyboard.
Sometimes
ever you will not be able to see hidden files even if you have Show
hidden files Enabled under Folder Options. well, this are all the
wonders of this Autorun.inf virus.
I
am going to show you this rare method of removing Autorun.inf manually
using just winrar application, not any antivirus or malware programs.
Solution to Remove Autorun.inf Virus
Step 1: First Disable CD/DVD or USB Autorun in windows
When
ever you plug a usb device to the system or insert a cd/dvd disk, The
windows Autorun Run utility runs and displays certain options like Open
files to view, Play, Do nothing etc.
Although this a good utility provided by windows xp operating system,
It is sometimes very dangerous too. When A virus infected Usb drive or
Cd is plugged into the system, the virus gets a chance to attack you
Operating system, by running automatically when you plug your device in.
Follow the below steps and ensure your systems safety.
1) Click Start –> Run and type GPEDIT.MSC – This opens Group Policy editor window.
2) On the left side –> expand Computer Configuration–> Administrative Templates–> System.
for windows 7--> expand Computer Configuration–> Administrative Templates–> Windows Components.
3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off on the right side.
4) Double click it and select “Enabled”
Step 2: Open Winrar.exe (Start–>All Programs–>WinRar–>WinRar.exe)
Step 3: Now Browse to any drive that is infected with Autorun.inf virus using winrar explorer.
Step4: Here you will see all the hidden files under winrar for that particular drive.
Step 5: Look for the file Autorun.inf and open it using notepad.
Step 6: In that Autorun file, some .EXE file will be mentioned that will be executed along with the autorun file. This exe file is the main culprit.
Step 7: Note the exe file mentioned in the Autorun.inf file. Close this Autorun.inf file.
Step 8: Now look for that .Exe file in the drive (Ex: c:/), Delete that .exe file along with Autorun.inf
Step 9: Restart your Operating System. Now your system is free with Autorun.inf Virus.
Note: Repeat the same process if your Usb or Pendrives are infected with Autorun.inf virus.
If
you know anyother method to remove autorun virus from windows
operating system, them kindly let me know by posting your method using
the Comments on this post.
Thanks...
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