How to delete virus using CMD

Deleting virus or viruses using command prompt is very simple. Just follow the correct format that you will going to use. First thing to do is open the MS - DOS command prompt by clicking the START select RUN and type CMD. After which, the DOS box will appear.


Steps to delete a virus:

1.) Type CD\ press enter

2.) Then go to the drive directory were you want to see if there are viruses present there by typing the drive path (ei: C: for c drive or the drive of your USB device).

3.) To change the directory inside the drive ( for example to see what is inside the suspected folder just type CD foldername and press enter.

4.) Type ATTRIB *.* and press enter if you see something folders with .exe extension or picture files with .exe extension or any files than are unnecessary in that drive that means it is a virus or that file(s) has been infected by a virus.

5.) To delete that virus change its attribute by typing
ATTRIB -S -H -R [virusname].[itsextension] ( ex: attrib -s -h -r virus.exe ) and press enter.

6.) Now the final thing is to type this command to delete the virus by typing DEL [virusname].[extension] ( ex: del virus.exe ).