How To Remove Virus From Usb Driver.exe?

The Exe viruses are one of the viruses that affect your device using infected files or corrupted programs. The Exe virus on your USB drive can harm your system performance and decreases your productivity. So, it is better to remove the virus as soon as possible. Let us see how to remove the Exe virus from the USB drive.

Steps to remove virus from USB

Remove by deleting the process:

Step 1: Turn on your PC and insert the USB drive into cthe USB port.

Step 2: Open the USB drive volume.

Step 3: Locate the Exe virus-infected file on the USB drive.

Step 4: Right-click the infected file and click Delete.

Step 5: After deleting the file, disconnect your USB drive and re-insert it.

Step 6: Check if the virus exists. If yes, then delete it using the Task Manager and Control Panel.

Step 7: Press the Ctrl + Shift + ESC keys simultaneously to open the task manager window.

Step 8: Locate the process related to the Exe virus file and click End Process.

Step 9: Next, open Control Panel and click Programs and Features.

Step 10: Locate the process you have ended in the Task Manager and click Uninstall.

Remove Exe virus using Antivirus:

Step 1: Open the Antivirus software on your PC.
Step 2: Select the scanning option in the antivirus page.
Step 3: Scan your USB drive.
Step 4: Wait until the scanning process gets completed.
Step 5: The antivirus program will list the Exe viruses affecting your files on the USB drive.
Step 6: Remove all the viruses and restart your PC.
Step 7: Now disconnect your USB and reconnect it to the PC.
Step 8: Make sure that no Exe viruses exist on your PC.

Remove using Command Prompt:

Step 1: Press the Windows + R keys simultaneously to open the Run window.
Step 2: Type ‘cmd’ in the text field and press Enter key.
Step 3: The Command Prompt window will pop up on your desktop with a cursor blinking next to “C:”
Step 4: Replace the letter C with the USB drive letter and type “dir/w/a” in the Command Prompt window. Press Enter to open the list of files inside the USB driver.
Step 5: Type “attrib -r-a-s-h” in the Command Prompt window and press Enter to disable the infected files.
Step 6: Identify the names of the corrupted files from the list.
Step 7: Type del “filename” in the Command Prompt window and hit Enter. Replace “filename” with the infected filename.
Step 8: Now, close Command Prompt and remove the USB drive.
Step 9: Reconnect the USB drive and check if the problem is resolved.