How to get Rid of shortcut Virus??

What is a Shortcut Virus?

Shortcut virus is a Type of Trojan or Worm that hides all of our data, and make shortcut of it. This kind of data not corrupt or infect your data only it hide your data which can easily be found by you, but how to get rid of Shortcut virus, because it is a kind of headache. So today first we will discuss how to get rid of shortcut virus if your computer is already infected, and also then we will discuss how to prevent our system so that it cannot come to our system.

How to Get rid of Shortcut Virus if your system is already infected?

in this case any of antivirus software will not work properly so for it you should do all of thing manually, such as by following the steps as below:

1. Search for "Task manager" in start menu as shown in screen shoot. open it. or simply type     Ctrl + Shift + ESC 
2.  After opening it go to processes tab in windows 7 or XP. OR in windows 7 later version click on detail apps and then come to background processes.
3. in it search for wscript.exe.
4. when you find it so click right click on it a submenu will appear in it click on end process tree.
5. Then close Task Manager.
6. Then go to "This PC" in windows 8/8.1/10 or "My Computer" in Windows XP/Vista/7.
7. Search for file menu at top menu bar. Click on it. a submenu will be appear.
8. in it click on "change folder and search option". as shown below.
   

9. Then do the same as I do in the fig below. click on view and in it click on show hidden folders radio button and then uncheck all checkboxes as shown below:

    

   

   
    

10.  click on apply to all folders and then close it.

11. Now search for wscript in this pc search box as shown below: 

    

12. Try to delete it. but delete will not working as shown below.

    
    
    

13. There you go you removed shortcut virus. Now download SMADAV Antivirus from there official website. Download Link.

14. Install it and scan your system.

Note if these steps are not work so:

1. Try to reinstall windows
2. Not open any Folder after windows installation
3. Download Smadav. Install it and Scan your system
   

How to Get rid of Shortcut Virus if your system is not infected?

1. Download Smadav Antivirus
2. Install it.
3. Deep scan your system
4. When you plugin a USB Flash Drive/ External Driver First scan it through smadav then open it.