Almost all viruses are computer programs that can infect a computer in many varieties. Viruses spread from one computer to another through external storage devices. Once your Windows or Mac computer is infected by the virus, it will start to misbehave.However, you can remove the virus easily from your computer. While removing the virus, the important point that you have to note is removing the virus without file deletion. This article explains how to remove a virus from a file without deleting the file. If the file is infected by the Shortcut Link Virus, then you can remove it easily using the CMD window. In most cases, file deletion may occur while removing the virus. But, you can recover the deleted files. To do so, first, you have to remove the virus from the infected file by running a certain command in the CMD window. After removing the virus, you can recover the file data recovery software. Let’s see the virus removal and data recovery process in the step-by-step instructions.Note: The below instructions are suitable only for Windows OS-based computers. There are different types of viruses that can infect your files. In the below section, we have taken the Shortcut Link Virus as an example. Let us see how to remove virus from a file without deleting it.
Step 1: Virus removal
- Initially, make sure that you have signed in to your Windows computer with the admin rights.
- Open the Command Prompt application.
- In the CMD window, type –h -r –s /s/d g:\*.* and tap or press the Enter button on your computer’s keyboard. (Note: In the above command, replace “g” with the drive that contains the virus-infected file.)
- Once the above command is executed successfully via CMD, restart your Windows computer if prompted.
- After restarting the computer, you can perform the data recovery process.