1. Go to Start and search for cmd. Right-click on cmd and click on "Run as administrator.

2. Navigate to you pen drive by typing drive letter, type E: and hit Enter. (Replace E: with the drive letter of your USB, pen drive.)

3. Type "del *. lnk "and hit Enter on your keyboard.

4. Now type "attrib -s -r -h *. * /s /d /l" and hit enter.

 When the shortcut virus infects a device, all saved files would become inaccessible. To access your files, you can remove the shortcut virus from your USB drive, Remove Write Protected pendrive, or SD card using cmd, shortcut virus removal tool and other manual methods. If the virus or removal process resulted in some data loss, you can get your files back with EaseUS data recovery software.

How Does Shortcut Virus Spreads

Shortcut virus is more like a virus program that hibernates an autorun.inf worm on your computer and it autoruns in the background. As a result, the existing files on infected devices become inaccessible, hidden or encrypted into shortcuts with .lnk extension.

Here is the working pattern of shortcut virus that we concluded based on the explanations provided by many bloggers and geeks:

Affected Devices: Computer - PC/Laptops hard drive,  USB, pen drive, SD card, camera, cellphone, etc. 

Spread Path: Shortcut Virus worm infect Computer > Infect USB, etc. (external storage devices) > Infects Saved Files and Data (hide or encrypt them, create shortcut files)