Saturday, 13 September 2014

How to Find & Remove Viruses in Windows using Command Prompt

Nowadays, anti-virus software can be very expensive. If you don't have any money to spare, and can't spend your money on a anti-virus to delete a virus. You can locate a virus manually using the Windows command prompt



1. Go hit start


 
2. Than click on Run  
 
3.In the search-box type in cmd.exe
 
4. When you click on OK a windows should come up similar to this:
 
5. First, type in the Infected Drive such as for example: dir/p C:

 
 
6. DON'T HIT ENTER YET! Type in the end switch such as s - h *. * /s /d and press ENTER 
 
7. The command prompt will load all the files in your drive. If you see anything suspicious for example: Autorun.inf or a .exe file. These files you need to watch out for. 
 

8. If you see the .exe and the autorun.inf than you have just found a tainted file. 
 
 
9. Write down the program's name and where the program is located.
 
  
10. Rename the Autorun.inf so you can open it without activating the virus. Rename it as a rar. extension. 
 
  
11. Go to start, and double click the My computer icon.
 
 
12. Select the tainted drive, that has the infected file. Find the program directory that contains autorun.inf. 
 
 
13. Right-click on the file you renamed "virusfile" and choose "Delete.
 
14. Right-click on the ".exe" file and choose "Delete." You have now removed the virus from your computer's hard drive.

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