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Prevent and remove autorun virus from USB drive, hard disk

Prevent and remove autorun virus from USB drive, hard disk

Removal instructions

Remove autorun.inf virus on USB drive

  1. plug the USB drive into your computer, a window dialogue may appear, don’t click on Ok , just choose ‘Cancel’.
  2. Go to command prompt and type your USB drive letter.
  3. Type dir /w/a and press enter, this will display a list of the files in in your flash drive. Remove the files: Ravmon.exe, ntdelect.com, New Folder.exe, kavo.exe  svchost.exe, autorun.inf  If you find them.
  4. To delete the virus just type del and the filename example. F:\del autorun.inf and hit enter.
  5. Run a antivirus scan on your USB drives just to make sure that all threats are removed successfully

Delete autorun.inf on hard drive of computer

  1. Boot your system in the safe mode and then open a command prompt.
  2. Delete the following files:
    %System%\config\csrss.exe
    %WinDir%\media\arona.exe
    %System%\logon.bat
    %System%\config\autorun.inf
    C:\autorun.inf
    D:\autorun.inf
    E:\ autorun.inf
    F:\autorun.inf
    autorun.inf files in all drives.
  3. Open the registry editor and delete following parameters:
    [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
    DisableTaskMgr = 1
    [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
    NoFolderOptions = 1
    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
    "Worms" = "%System%\logon.bat"
  4. Reboot your computer

    See more information about Win32.AutoRun.

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