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    how do i remove this virus?

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    by abayomiabram ·

    i have a virus by the name recycler on my external hard drive. my antivirus is not able to remove it. how do i remove it without formatting it?

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    • #2845532

      Clarifications

      by abayomiabram ·

      In reply to how do i remove this virus?

      Clarifications

    • #2845530

      did you not like robo_dev’s

      by purpleskys ·

      In reply to how do i remove this virus?

      answer from yesterday? Looked like a sound one to me… http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/questions/101-345779?tag=content;discussion-table

    • #2845501

      Malwarebytes

      by dduely ·

      In reply to how do i remove this virus?

      Download Malwarebytes, and point it to the external.

    • #2845498

      Possible cure

      by quizical ·

      In reply to how do i remove this virus?

      Try connecting your external drive, let it get detected by the system as say e: then open a command prompt and enter the following command:- “attrib -r-a-s-h e:\ ” (without the “”). This will make all files visible and writeable on the drive. Then search for autorun.inf on the drive and delete it. Reboot your system and carry out a full virus and antimalware check.

    • #2845486

      recycler without the .exe extension is just the recycle bin

      by who am i really ·

      In reply to how do i remove this virus?

      with the .exe extension it is the virus
      and it is so old (earliest post I can find is the PrevX site stating 2007)
      The filename RECYCLER.EXE was first seen on Jun 14 2007 …

      it should be detected by any and every “recently” updated AV product

      though some “Free” AV products may have certain detections disabled
      eg. AVG Free will not detect Rootkits

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