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How to remove new folder exe or regsvr exe or autorun inf virus

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I want to tell you a story, two days back i got affected by this virus very badly as it eat up all my empty hard disk space of around 700 MB . I was surprised that my most reliable friend Avast , for the first time failed me in this war against viruses but then again avg and bitdiffender also failed against it. This virus is know popularly as regsvr.exe virus, or as new folder.exe virus and most people identify this one by seeing autorun.inf file on their pen drives, But trend micro identified it as WORM_DELF.FKZ . It is spreading mostly using pen drives as the medium. Well, so here is the story of how i was able to kill the monster and reclaim my hard disk space. Manual Process of removal I prefer manual process simply because it gives me option to learn new things in the process. So let’s start the process off reclaiming the turf that virus took over from us. Cut The Supply Line Search for autorun.inf file . It is a read only file so you will have to c