Check virus using command prompt "attrib"

Microsoft Command Prompt "attrib" is a very useful tool to check if your hard drives even your flashdisks have been infected by a virus.

The function of attrib is to set and remove file attributes (read-only, archive, system and hidden).

S =  system file

H = hidden file

R = read-only

To start "attrib"

1. Go to start menu > run

2. Type cmd (cmd stands for command prompt) and press Enter Key

3.Type "cd.." until you see C:\> (see other partition to like D:> or E:> if your hdd have

    more than 1 partition)

4. Type attrib and press Enter Key (see if the name of virus show out)

To kill virus (Warning, you must 100% known virus name example like SHR C:\hx.exe)

1.use step 1-4

2.Type  attrib - s -h -r hx.exe

3 Type attrib again to check if your changes have been commited

4.If the hx.exe file have no more attribute, you can now delete it by typing del hx.exe

    (example the virus name like autorun.inf)

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gud luck ^.^