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Every Computer user has came across a pen-drive that is badly affected by a virus that creates shortcuts in
pen-drive and hides the rest of the file after creating autorun.inf in the root of pen-drive or USB
removable disks. Usually such files are marked with attribute: hidden, read-only, system files.
The files in root are usually of the names autorun.inf, newfolder.exe, regsvr.exe and more.
NOTE 1: This is based on your understanding to remove all such files, like sometimes in Windows XP
era file types of .exe .lnk .scr and more were created by the virus . So take a note to delete all such files
by the step 5, step7, step 7.
NOTE 2: Never Open Removable disk by double click, Disable Autorun Of Disks For Your Computer.
NOTE 3: It’s a benefit for Linux user to use such pen-drives without fear as these won’t affect Linux
system since executable of windows and Linux are different, so if you use one such system with Dual
boot or Linux only , prefer opening first on Linux only to avoid infection.
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