Well unfortunately the systems in my university lab are full of viruses. Whenever i plugged my usb/flash drives at my univ, it gets affected by viruses.I have tried many anti-viruses, most of them were able to delete/disinfect viruses but were not able to delete the key to viruses, the “Autorun.inf“ file.You may have noticed this file in your flash drives or hard disk.

Almost all of the viruses which reside in flash drives use “Autorun.inf” to execute the EXE file.Whenever u try to delete this file, it gives an error saying this file cant be deleted coz its in use...

Now the question is how to remove the autorun.inf file along with the viruses.

After installing VirusScan(your antivirus product), you may logically wonder, how do I know if it's working? The answer is a test virus. The EICAR Standard Anti Virus Test File is a combined effort by anti-virus vendors throughout the world to implement one standard by which customers can verify their anti-virus installations.

Solution

To test your installation, copy the following line into a notepad, then save the file with the name EICAR.COM. More detailed instructions are given below.

The file size will be 68 or 70 bytes.

If VirusScan is running and configured correctly, when you try to save the file, VirusScan will detect the virus. If VirusScan is not running, start it and scan the directory that contains EICAR.COM. When your software scans this file, it will report finding the EICAR test file.

Note that this file is NOT A VIRUS. You may delete the file when you have finished testing your installation to avoid confusions!

The eicar test virus is available for download from the following website:

http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com

1. Click on Start.

2. Select Run.

3. In the Open box type: notepad

4. Maximize the window.

6. Right click on the highlighted text and choose 'copy'.

7. Switch back to Notepad.

8. Right click anywhere inside of Notepad and select 'paste'.

9. Click the File menu and select 'save as'.

10. Change the 'Save as Type' to 'all files'.

11. Name the file eicar.com.

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