How to remove Flash Disinfector protection (autorun.inf folder)

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How to remove Flash Disinfector protection (autorun.inf folder)

Flash Disinfector is very good free program created by sUBs for removing autorun.inf trojans and protect your Flash/Pen drives from future infection. For protect your computer, the program will create a hidden folder, named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive plugged in when you ran it. This autorun.inf folder contains hidden file “lpt3.This folder was created by Flash_Disinfector”. You cannot remove this file using standard remove function. Read below how to remove this file and autorun.inf folder and uninstall Flash Disinfector protection.

Use the following instructions to remove Flash Disinfector protection (autorun.inf folder).

Click Start -> Run.
Type notepad and press Enter.
Copy all the text below into Notepad.
@echo off

set drv=c:\

attrib -A -H -S -R %drv%\autorun.inf
del \\.\%drv%\autorun.inf\"lpt3.This folder was created by Flash_Disinfector"
rd %drv%\autorun.inf
Save this as remove_fd.bat to your Desktop (remember to select Save as file type: All files in Notepad).
Double Click remove_fd.bat and wait for the dos window to close and file.txt will appear on the desktop.
Repeat previous steps to all drives, make replacing c with the appropriate drive letter.

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January 13, 2009 on 1:14 pm | In Tips | 47 Comments |

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just wanted to say cheers… i had got bitten by the conficker worm, got rid of it. and this got ris of those folders…. excellent !!!

Comment by zen_buddah — January 17, 2009 #
gooooooooooood……

@echo off

set U=excellent:\\

attrib +A +H +S +R U

thanks

Comment by wa — January 20, 2009 #
wow

Thank a lot

Comment by Jef — January 26, 2009 #
Thank you! Got rid of it!

Comment by yayan — February 7, 2009 #
Thank you!

Comment by dinno — February 8, 2009 #
thnx

Comment by amr — February 21, 2009 #
thanks man…help a lot!!

Comment by aku baik — March 2, 2009 #
Hey! i had follwed each and every step correctly. But this trick dint work for me. AUTORUN.INF is still present in each and every drive of my pc. Can u plz plz suggest me wat to do now. I M WAITING FOR U REPLY. PLZ DO REPLY ME.

Comment by Rajesh — March 10, 2009 #
Rajesh, please follow these steps.

Comment by Patrik — March 10, 2009 #
didn’t work for me either…still got that folder..

Comment by nolhie — March 24, 2009 #
nolhie, ask help at our forum.

Comment by Patrik — March 24, 2009 #
i creat this batch file,
but
pc messege …..

autorun.inf directory not emtpy

so i cnt delete autorun.inf folder
wht can i do?

Comment by Mta — April 7, 2009 #
Mta, looks like you have mistake in the script. Check it twice or ask help at our forum.

Comment by Patrik — April 7, 2009 #
Thanks a lot it works………..

Comment by Dilip — April 14, 2009 #
it says that it is not a valid win 32 application
please help

Comment by raghu — April 26, 2009 #
raghu, check twice all steps.

Comment by Patrik — April 27, 2009 #
thnkx , this trick works 200%…thnkx for ur help…and if u plz i have RECYLER that can not remove from my c’ter…plz help me out..thnkx

Comment by sarkar90 — April 27, 2009 #
RECYLER is system folder that stored all files that you have removed.

Comment by Patrik — April 27, 2009 #
thanx dud itsss great working i tred alot af anti virus but no use . but ur trick worked

Comment by narendar reddy — May 27, 2009 #
Use Unlocker http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
i sure that all locked file can be removed

Comment by kambeeng — May 30, 2009 #
thank it worked ….

Comment by seth — June 13, 2009 #
you also remove the folder by reformatting.
remember only to back up all the files you need on the drive where the folder is found.

Comment by pinoy punk — June 15, 2009 #
it work thanks a lot

Comment by Mujasoft — June 15, 2009 #
thank u verry much, it’s quit effective way

Comment by leila — July 26, 2009 #
It doesn’t worked for me. The folder still appear there.

Comment by Srinivas — August 21, 2009 #
i need help..my prob is different..
i don’t want to remove..i try to protect my own autorun.inf
flash disinfector protect autorun.inf but before it protect, it reset the autorun.inf..
i create my own autorun.inf, n i would like to protect the modified autorun.inf
any idea?

Comment by mk — October 28, 2009 #
mk, no 100% protection. You can change autorun.inf file attributes to Read Only + Archive.

Comment by Patrik — October 28, 2009 #
patrik,of course there’s no 100% protection..
but 80% or 10% will be good..
i’m tired of changing back my autorun.inf due to virus…
changing the attrib to read only + archive will not protect even 0.01%. coz i always try this this method and all of the virus can easily change my autorun.inf..
but when i using flash disinfector no virus can change it until now. but as i said, it can’t protect my personal autorun.inf..it reset the autorun.inf before it protect..

for ur info, i study at an institution n every time i plug my pendrive to comp at lab,it will get infected with so many virus..the student have a bad hobby to create simple virus that pass through pendrive n will give effect which quite disturbing..but flash disinfector way really useful so far..

Comment by mk — November 4, 2009 #
Hi

Thanks a load who ever wrote this code i had a tough time deleting that folder!

eureka u r codeing worked!

Comment by keerthi — November 8, 2009 #
thanx a lot

Comment by lokesh — November 12, 2009 #
u can delete AUTORUN.INF folder created by disinfector and usb disk security by using unlocker

Comment by Azlan — November 13, 2009 #
GREAT & THANKS VERY MUCH

Comment by Kanchata — December 9, 2009 #
Thanks a lot…
its usefull buddy

Comment by soul — December 15, 2009 #
Thanks A lot … I Really Need this

Comment by Noxchi — December 16, 2009 #
Thank u so much frend.

Comment by Suresh Varma — January 7, 2010 #
great

Comment by pradrag — January 14, 2010 #
YES IT WORKED!

Comment by skm — January 15, 2010 #
thak you very much it is 100% working

Comment by garry — February 5, 2010 #
perfect !!!!

Comment by Simon — February 8, 2010 #
Awesome!works great , ty so so so so much you rock!!!

Comment by NBK — February 11, 2010 #
hi there ur info helped i cud delete autorun.inf
m infected with recycler.exe can u help plz mail me

Comment by nAPSTER — February 17, 2010 #
nAPSTER, if you need a help, then please follow the steps.

Comment by Patrik — February 17, 2010 #
Thanks yar,works very well

Comment by Suresh M S — February 24, 2010 #
“RECYLER is system folder that stored all files that you have removed.”

but not on flash disks.

Comment by egafx — March 2, 2010 #
very goooooooooooooooooooood
thank you very much
i am trying to remove this damn autorun by many brogram
———— but no way
it’s a masing
always gud with you
thanks alot
dalia

Comment by daliaali — March 10, 2010 #
Cool codes!! tnx

Comment by Man — March 26, 2010 #
Nice. My problems solved. THANKS A LOT!!

Comment by khee — June 17, 2010 #