#Remove worm virus in flash drive install
It might also install a key logger on to your PC that can capture your web site activity, login credentials usernames, passwords, account numbers, credit card details and other personal and sensitive information.Īn autorun virus must be removed from a PC for it to be safe to use. If infected, the malwarecovertly directs the user to malicious websites.
If your USB Drive is infected with autorun.inf virus, whenever you insert the USB stick virus files start to execute and infect your PC, it further replicates itself onto the PC by creating a number of copies of autorun.inf and.
The autorun virus uses this feature to destroy files. An autorun viruses exploits the Autorun.inf file in the Windows OS which is used to launch and auto play programs and files that are stored in removable disks such as Memory sticks, DVDs, CD ROMs, USB Devices and much more. So called “autorun viruses” were developed to infect external devices, such as infecting a victim’s PC while opening a flash drive in Windows Explorer.