How to unhide permanantly hidden files by Virus and remove Shortcut Virus

Hey guys!.
This tutorial will guide you to unhide the permanantly hidden files by virus
Sometimes, your files (mostly in Pen drives,memory cards etc.) get hidden when you plug them into a computer which is affected by Shortcut virus. And shortcuts are created in your USB drive. These files cant be seen even when you enable show hidden files in folder option.
So, here is a simple trick to get your files back.

Step 1: Go to My Computer and open your drive which is affected by shortcut virus. (e.g.  Removable Disk (F) etc.)

Step 2: Now Press and Hold Shift button and right click anywhere on the screen as shown in image below

Now Click on Open Command Window here.

Step 3: Now the Command window will open. Now type the below command in command window.

 attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.*

The above command is as explained:

attrib : Attribute

-s : remove system attribute

-h : remove hidden attribute

-r : remove read-only attribute

/s : subdirectories

/d: directories

*.* : each and every file.

 

Now press Enter and wait for a few minutes to let the command get completed. After 2-3 minutes, you will see that all your files are back. :D Now you can delete those shortcuts manually or type this in the command window:

                                                                        del *.lnk

This will delete all the shortcut files from your drive. There will be two extra folders. one with a weird name and other named Recycler. Delete both of them to prevent getting your files hidden again.

That was all about removal of shortcut virus and unhiding your files.

Thanks for reading.