Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Remove Autorun.inf Virus Manually Using WinRar

Here I'm Going to Give a Simple Tutorial On Removing "Autorun.inf" manually (Using Winrar Application) ;

Requirements :
a) WinRar


Here's The Steps to Be follwed ;

Step 1: First Disable CD/DVD or USB Autorun in windows
  • Open Group Policy editor- Start>>Run>>gpedit.msc 
  • Go to User Configuration>>Administrative Templates>>System. 
  • Double Click on entry "Turn Off Autoplay" & Select Enabled, Now, Select All Drives & Click OK 
Step 2: Open Winrar.exe
Step 3: Now Browse to the infected Drive (Using WinRar explorer)
  • Here You'll See all the hidden files for that particular drive. 
Step 5: Look for the file "Autorun.inf" & Open it using notepad.

In that Autorun file, some .EXE file will be mentioned that will be executed along with autorun file. This exe file is the main culprit.
Note the exe file mentioned Step 8: Now look for that .Exe file & Delete that .exe file along with Autorun.inf (Shift+Del)
Now, Restart Your Computer..

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