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How to avoid computer and mobile virus by misterbanoy
AUTORUN.INF Viruses are virus that uses the Autorun feature of Windows to spread itself on computers. This virus makes a copy of the autorun.inf file to the root or main directory of all the drives on your PC, internal and / or external disks, to make the virus runs every time the external disks like pen drives, USB drives or even your memory cards were inserted or every time you double-click the drives through the Windows Explorer.
1. Disable the AUTORUN feature of Windows by applying a registry modification on the Windows’ Registry Editor.
Go to Start-Run-gpedit.msc-local computer policy-computer configuration-administrative templates-system-edit turn off autoplay (disabled).
Or
Go to start-run-type regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\explorer
The Default Dword value is “ff ff ff ff”
Change it the valu of “ff”
Or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
Double-click on Autorun and you’ll see a default value of 1. Change it to 0 (zero).
Restart your computer to apply these changes.
(If a different message was seen, such as “Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator.”, possibly your PC is infected already by a virus that prevents registry access.)
2.To create an AUTORUN.INF folder on the root directories (main directory usually represented by backslash symbol \ ) . You can do this via Windows Explorer or Command Prompt but I will recommend the method via Command Prompt.
To run command prompt, click Start then Run or press the key combination: Winkey + R
Type CMD then press enter. This will open the black and white environment.
On the prompt, type MD C:\AUTORUN.INF then press enter key.
Repeat this procedure to other hard drives, USB drives, pendrives and memory sticks (cards). Just replace the C letter from the command with the appropriate drive letter of each storage device. In your mobile phone, create a folder named autorun.inf. in your memory stick drive.
If this fails, maybe your computer or your memory stick is infected already by the virus. The next step is to remove virus.
3. How to remove autorun.inf manually.
In the command prompt, type the ff.
ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\AUTORUN.INF
– unhides the hidden file autorun.inf
DEL C:\AUTORUN.INF
Repeat this step to other drives by replacing C:\ with other letters
Avoid future infections in your mobile phone memory stick/card.
If you don’t have PC, create an empty folder named autorun.inf.
That’s all! Why we do this? The reason is to avoid future infections. The autorun.inf virus usually generates a file autorun.inf .Having an autorun.inf folder on the root directory of your drives will make virus programs unable to create their own autorun.inf file. Virus can’t overwrite it because it’s a folder & not a file.
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