How do i get rid of virus named autorun.inf? This is a folder and its properties shows the folder size 0byte

Question

This a folder in C,D,E,F drives of my hard disk?Its properties shows the size of this folder as 0 bytes.Suggest any antivirus that can effectively remove this virus. My system was infected with this virus by the use of a 2GB Kingston Pen drive.

Answer 1

Restart your PC in safe mode with networking

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

Download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org

Run a full scan with Micro Trend House Call

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

After the scans, restart the PC and update your anti-virus, remember to only have one anti-virus installed on your PC

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...  [Free, if you do not have one]

Answer 2

The autorun.inf file is the key to getting your USB drive (or CD-ROM drive, for that matter) to perform certain actions automatically and customize it’s look in My Computer. The purpose of this article is to shed some light on how this can be done.

Autorun.inf Structure

The autorun.inf file is a simple text file that can be opened up in any text editor (e.g. notepad). It always starts with a section header of:

[autorun]

Below this header is a list of different options. Each of these options is in the following format:

option=value

where

option is the option that you want to set and value is the value that you are setting for that option. So, if you had an option foo and you wanted to be set to bar, then you would enter:

foo=bar

(Do not use foo=bar in your autorun.inf file as it is only an example, not a real option setting.)

That is all there really is to understand about the structure of an autorun.inf file. On to doing some actual cool stuff with it!

Answer 3

autorun.inf is a file that is typically on Thumb drives and CDs that allow them to automatically start upon putting the device in.  Typically these are harmless, unless they are configured to run a trojan program.

If you do have a virus, download and run avg free (free.grisoft.com) and spybot search & destroy (do a google search).  

Once you've downloaded and installed these, reboot into safe mode and run a full scan on your system with both programs and remove anything it finds.