We had already written a lot on autorun.inf viruses and also discussed various tools which lets you remove them or protect your computer from these autorun.inf viruses. Autorun Exterminator is quite small program which runs itself in system tray and protect your computer real time from autorun viruses.

AutoRunExterminator is another free tool which protects your computer real time against various types of virus which use autorun.inf files to infect your computer through USB data drives and other portable devices like ipod, mp3 player etc.

Let’s see how does this software works to protect your computer against autorun.inf viruses

Fix:

This small software monitors all the permanent and removable drives for the existence of autorun.inf files in the root drive. When ever it finds a file with this name it automatically deletes them. However this small tool is not dangerous as it cannot delete any autorun.inf files on CD and DVD drives.

AutoRunExterminator shows you how many autorun.inf which were found and how many of them are excluded by the reader. Moreover it also disables the Autorun or autoplay in simple language which again makes it more powerful and usable.

For a consistent real time protection it is desired that you configure this program to start with windows.

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We have posted many methods on how can you protect your pen drive from viruses, and even if your pen drive got infected with some virus you can remove the virus with various removal tools. There could be situation when you want to backup your data from a virus infected pen drive.

Today, we found another FREE tool called iKill ( via TechnoSpot.net ) scans your computer and pen drives connected to computer for suspicious autorun.inf files and parses any autorun.inf files for suspicious code which may point to some executable virus file.

Lets see how can you remove virus from pen drive using this tool.

Fix:

iKill works by scanning the drives like portable drives for suspicious autorun.inf files and delete these virus created autorun.inf files. It will always ask you before deleting any autorun.inf files.

iKill will start up with windows to protect you always and scan any portable device connected to the computer. This tool is completely free from any adware, spyware and malware etc.

Note: It will require .net framework 2.0 to be installed on your computer to run.

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Autorun.inf flash drives malwares spread these days through various portable USB devices like iPod, pen drives, autorun.inf malwares cause various types of damages like drive does open on double click, double clicking on drive opens search and even restart your computer when you try to open pen drive infected by autorun.inf malware.

We have already written about how to protect your computer against these autorun.inf viruses, how to remove these suspicious autorun.inf files with autorun eater and protect your computer from autorun.inf viruses by disabling autorun autoplay.

Flash Disinfector is another quite effective Flash Malware removing tool created by sUBs, it will target following flash malwares in general.

W32/Perlovga (copy.exe | host.exe)
VBS_RESULOWS.A (Hacked by Godzilla, Hacked by Moozilla)
Bha.dll.vbs
w32automa worm (Autorun.vbs)
Trojan.Win32.VB.atg | Win32/Dzan | Worm_vb.bnr (tel.xls.exe | mmc.exe)
W32/RJump.worm (RavMonE)
Worm.Win32.Delf.bf | W32.Fujacks (spoclsv.exe)
W32.Fujacks.BH (Fucker.vbs)
WORM_AGENT.PGV (soundmix.exe)
W32/Hakaglan.worm (RVHost.exe)
Trojan.Win32.VB.ayo [AVP] (Macromedia_Setup.exe)
Trojan.VBS.DeltreeY.b#1 (Destrukto!!! | destrukto.vbs)

 

Let see what does flash disinfector will do, and how can you use flash disinfector to remove autorun.inf malwares

Fix:

What Flash Disinfector will do ?

Flash Disinfector will perform the following operations –

• Clean up the junk files spread by flash malwares
• deletes the suspicious autorun.inf files from the root directory
• Fix the damages done by the virus
• Also creates an autorun.inf folder in root directory of your system drive

Note: Make sure to stop any anti virus, firewall or any script blockers before running Flash Disinfector,  We would suggest to run Flash Disinfector in the safe mode id possible.

How To Use Flash Disinfector

1. Download Flash Disinfector from here

2. Double click Flash_Disinfector.exe, follow the prompts

3. Your desktop may vanish for a while and then reappear back to normal

4. Wait till it finishes the scan, and then exit the program   

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Disclaimer: This tool does not guarantee the flash malwares removal and fixing your computer against all autorun.inf viruses.

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We receive a majority of virus problems which are due to virus which spread through pen drives, cd’s and other portable devices like mp3 players, ipod etc.

Today, we have come up with a free tool called smart virus removal by Muhammad Abdullah. This small tool will let you remove a group of viruses from your system including the following list of viruses.

• Virus.Win32.Agent.aw.a
• Virus.Win32.AutoIt.a.a
• Virus.Win32.AutoRun.abt.a
• im.worm.win32.sohanad.bm.a
• im.worm.win32.sohanad.t.a
• Trojan.Win32.Agent.abt.aTrojan-Downloader.Win32.AutoIt.aa.a
• Trojan-Downloader.Win32.AutoIt.q.a
• Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.mgw.com.a
• Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.pno.a.com
• Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ajn.com

Let’s see how can you use smart virus remover tool to eliminate any on these mentioned viruses from your computer or pen drive.

Fix:

Smart Virus Remover is simple tool which gives you four main options for virus removal, which includes:

• Delete Autorun.inf files
• Restore Windows to default settings
• Remove Virus  from a Folder
• Remove Virus from USB

If your windows drive does not open mouse double click, you can also easily delete those autorun.inf files which stops a drive being opened on mouse double click, this utility will be most help full in such a kind of associations.

We hope this tool which will help delete autorun.inf viruses from your computer and also on other portable drives, Smart virus removal tool was quit forum like History, EULA,Disclaimer, Newer Version Check .

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Many Viruses infect and harm the system with the use of malicious autorun files. This post is from the series of solutions we have prepared in order to protect windows from autorun.inf viruses which normally spread through pen drives or cd’s and other portable devices.

Recently we came across a program called USB Firewall. It prevent windows to process the malicious instructions while opening a virus infected pen drive or any portable USB device.

USB Firewall automatically detects the malicious autorun.inf file on your portable USB device, you can also see what command are written there in virus autorun.inf file.

Let’s see how can you use USB Firewall to protect yourself from all sort of autorun.inf viruses

Fix:

USB Firewall monitors all the USB device and ignores CD or DVD drives. USB Firewall is good enough to provide a basic level of protection from autorun.inf viruses which spread through USB Pen drives.

How to use USB Firewall?

You need to download and run USB Firewall application rest will be taken care by USB Firewall.

Features of USB Firewall:

• You can delete the suspicious autorun.inf files
• Show autorun.inf files
• Clean All Partition 

USB Firewall will always alert you about any suspicious autorun.inf file if its running when you have inserted your USB pen drive.

This tool is a freeware and free from any adware, malware and spyware etc, we have already tested this tool of some pen drives it works great and easy and solves the purpose.

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1. Cannot open hard disk drives by double click.

2. Double clicking on any drive opens search.

3. Error message being displayed while trying to open drives.

4. Double clicking on any drive opens “Open With” dialog window.

5. Drive opens in new window on double click.

We are going to discuss why these problems occur,how can you fix them using a simple FREE virus removal tool.

These issues mentioned above normally occur due to virus infections in computer. These are most commonly spread by pen drives or portable USB devices.

When a user double clicks on the portable drive which is already infected by a virus, the virus spread itself on your system and also create a ‘autorun.inf’ in all your drives.

So, the whole problem persist due to ‘autorun.inf’ files created by virus in the root directory of drives.

Let see how can you fix them all in one go.

In order to fix these problems, you can also try FREE virus removal tool which is released recently, called Autorun Eater.

What is Autorun Eater?

It is a tool to scan and remove suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files found in the root directory of all drives, A-Z, in real-time. Autorun Eater will remove any suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files even before the user attempts to open the drive.

Note: It will remove all the suspicious ‘autorun.inf‘ files from the virus infected pen drives but will not remove any other virus files so you would have to remove them manually or with some anti-virus tools.

It also fixes the three common problems caused by the viruses (as shown in the image below).

1. Task Manager disabled.
2. Registry editing disabled.
3. Hidden Folder Options.

If you have removed all the suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files from all your drives, you will be able to open all your drives easily including your pen drive with double click.

We have already tested the application on some USB drives, it removes the autorun.inf files and contains no malware, adware etc. 

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Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk. When you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive>>explore in My computer ,the drive does not open.

This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.

But don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily.

Fix:

Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.

This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself.  autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.

Follow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.inf

1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.

2. type cd\

3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

4. type del autorun.inf

5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.

Update:

If you find the above procedure difficult, the use:  Scan and Remove Suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ with Autorun Eater

Also see : Autorun File Problems and Solutions by TroubleFixers

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Note: For all those who are not able to correct this problem, after following the above procedure can use a tool called Ravmon Virus Killer designed by Muhammad Abdullah, download it from here

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