what is "autorun.inf" ? How to cleen it permanently?

Question

all my memory devices are affected with " autorun.inf" . Daily i am cleening with AVG scan., but it is appearing again.

Answer 1

Hi, This is affected by Removable storage devices.



Your HJT log is clean. However, we need to run some checks on your system.



Very Important: Before deciding whether you should clean or reformat your system, go and read this thread HERE (http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic65943.html) and decide what it is you want to do.



If after reading the above, you wish to clean your system, do the following.



Go and read the Viruses/Spyware/Malware, preliminary removal instructions. (http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic58138.html) Follow all the instructions exactly.



Post fresh HJT, Combofix and AVG Antispyware logs as attachments into this thread, only after doing the above.

Answer 2

it is virus which will automatically be treated as a safe file by any antivirus.wt u need to do is to manully check for the file and delete it.

first remove the auto recover option from the options for all the drives.

second open command prompt and run this command in each of the drives "attrib -a -h -s -r" then all the hidden and the system files will appear in the drive then delete the autorun.inf and q.com files from each drive..

Once this is done open regedit and search for autorun and delete the entries..



Make sure you update the antivirus and run the full scan of ur system and delete the invalid entries...



hope this would help you out

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Answer 3

autorun.inf is the autorun file which contains the info of the file which is to be opened as soon as a device is inserted. It is always a hidden file.

A virus attacks this file to spread itself from the device to the computer as soon as it is connected.

Answer 4

just use autorun eater software ... its the best option to remove autorun.inf... it will directly remove the files (autorun.inf ) from any existing drives or when u connect pendrives which are infected by virus.....





if this helps pls select for best ans and comment...



link

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Autorun-Eater.shtml

Answer 5

with latest norton antivirus, symatec antivirus,Aol antivirus etc... scan and clean all your memory devices and hdds.free trial copy of AVG may not detecting the virus.

all usb pendrives were said tobe infected by these type of viruses,so before using any pendrive scan with latest best antivirus software.

Answer 6

Put the drive in a linux system and delete it.

Easiest solution, without going in details

Answer 7

Below is a link that will almost certainly contain the solution to your problem, with instructions!

Answer 8

use a software .. Flash Disinfector . download it and than you can clean your pen drive

but i recommend you to have anti virus other than avg coz i already faced the prob and resolved it using nod 32.

i hope i helped you.

Answer 9

Avast will delete it. Try that