How To Remove Permanently Shortcut Virus From Your PC

How To Remove Permanently Shortcut Virus From Your PC Using CMD

If your Windows PC is infected with a shortcut virus, then any time you plug in another external device, the infection will spread to that device. Here’s how to remove a shortcut virus using  CMD (on a Windows machine):

1. 1.Open the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut).
2. 2.In the Process tab, look for wscript.exe or wscript.vbs, right-click on it, & select End Task. If you see both, go ahead and do it for both.
3. 3.Close the Task Manager then.
4. 4.Open the Start Menu, Then search for regedit, and launch the Registry Editor.
5. 5.In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following in the left sidebar:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run

6. 6.In the right panel, look for any strange-looking key names, such as odwcamszas, WXCKYz, OUzzckky, etc. For each one, run a Google search to see if it’s related to shortcut viruses.
7. 7.If so, right-click on them and select Delete. Do this at your own risk! Always make sure you know what a key does before tampering with it. Accidentally deleting an important key can cause Windows to become unstable.
8. 8. Close the Registry Editor.
9. 9. Open the Run prompt (Windows key + R keyboard shortcut), type msconfig, then click OK to open the System Configuration window.
10. 10. In the Startup tab, look for any strange-looking .EXE or .VBS programs, select each one and click Disable.
11. 11.Close the System Configuration window.
12. 12.Open the Run prompt (Windows key + R keyboard shortcut), type %TEMP%, then click OK to open the Windows Temp folder. Delete everything inside. (Don’t worry, it’s safe!)
13. 13. In File Explorer, navigate to the following folder:

    C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

14. 14. Look for any strange-looking .EXE or .VBS files and delete them.
15. 15. Done!

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