Here's How to Clean Virus shortcut (lnk) Using Linux

Computer virus is very annoying, missing important files, file extensions sudden change or even a computer system to be damaged. Those are some things that can happen when the computer is being attacked by a computer virus.

Indeed, by embedding the system can minimize the spread of the virus antivirus computer. But if the computer is able to truly be free of viruses? Apparently the answer is no. There is a gap that can only be used as an entrance virus, despite antiviral embedded in the computer.

For example, virus shortcut (lnk), this virus is not very dangerous virus, only virus is very frustrating, because the virus can camouflage itself to be seen as normal shortcut file, and the more annoying again he can duplicate himself into even more when the virus shortcut file is opened.

To clean these annoying viruses can be used many different ways, but this time we use the Linux operating system. Why use Linux? The first Linux virus shortcut easily available and is designed run on the Windows operating system, automatically the virus will not run on the Linux operating system.

How? The first run Linux dikomputer please you, if you've been Windows-Linux dual boot, it will be more easy, just run Linux root. But if not, you need to find a Linux Live CD or Live USB, you can also make your own (I assume you already know how :)).

Next is to create a file with the contents clean.sh

#!/bin/sh
echo "Scanning Virus and Junk File"
find . -type f -name "autorun.inf" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "Autorun.inf" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "desktop.ini" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "dekstop.ini" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "*.vbs" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "*.vbe" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "*.lnk" -exec rm -fv {} \;
find . -type f -name "*.vbe" -exec rm -fv {} \;
echo "Finish.."
echo "Copyright (c) 2013 By ShowCheap"

File clean.sh above, please include in the directory to be scanned. File above is the command to search for the suspected file as a virus which then will be removed.

To run the file open console / terminal, then type

$chmod +x clean.sh 

After that the executable file with the command

$./clean.sh 

or

$sh clean.sh 

Then automatically file that has the name and extension as written on the command line above will be removed.