Autorun.inf Access Denied
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Jul 5, 2021 at 05:55 PM
HelpiOS Posts 14648 Registration date Friday October 30, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen January 30, 2025 - Jul 13, 2021 at 02:26 PM
HelpiOS Posts 14648 Registration date Friday October 30, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen January 30, 2025 - Jul 13, 2021 at 02:26 PM
Hello,
I have a flash drive that has autorun.inf on it, (not really sure why since I didn't actually use it), and when I went through command prompt as administrator, changed it to E:, (which was the USB letter drive), confirmed the virus was in the drive with dir /w/a, and used the del autorun.inf command, all I got was access denied. I've tried a number of different suggestions on how to remove it, but anything involving trying to delete autorun itself gets access denied. How do I get around it?
I have a flash drive that has autorun.inf on it, (not really sure why since I didn't actually use it), and when I went through command prompt as administrator, changed it to E:, (which was the USB letter drive), confirmed the virus was in the drive with dir /w/a, and used the del autorun.inf command, all I got was access denied. I've tried a number of different suggestions on how to remove it, but anything involving trying to delete autorun itself gets access denied. How do I get around it?
System Configuration: Windows / Firefox 89.0
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Jul 10, 2021 at 05:39 PM
Jul 10, 2021 at 05:39 PM
Hi,
Try the command attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf and then use the del autorun.inf command.
If the problem persists, make a copy of your data and format the drive.
Good luck.
Try the command attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf and then use the del autorun.inf command.
If the problem persists, make a copy of your data and format the drive.
Good luck.
Updated on Jul 11, 2021 at 01:45 PM