Locate Viruses Using the Attrib Command
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.
Steps
- Hit start.
- Click on Run.
- In the search-box type in cmd.exe.
- When you click on OK a windows should come up similar to this:
- First, type in the Infected Drive such as for example: dir/p C:
- DON'T HIT ENTER YET! Type in the end switch such as s - h *. * /s /d and press ↵ Enter
- 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.
- If you see the .exe and the autorun.inf than you have just found a virus file
- Write down the program's name and where the program is located.
- Rename the Autorun.inf so you can open it without activating the virus. Rename it as a rar. extension.
- Go to start, and double click the My computer icon.
- Select the tainted drive, that has the infected file. Find the program directory that contains autorun.inf.
- Right-click on the file you renamed "virusfile" and choose "Delete."
- Right-click on the ".exe" file and choose "Delete." You have now removed the virus from your computer's hard drive.
