How to delete autorun.inf

[Joshi]

Hey guys, i think system is infected with virus, as i enable the view to hidden files and folders, the Autorun.ini is present in every drive and as i deletes it , it comes back on next reboot, i tried to delete it with command prompt using del command but there also getting error. Please help me out.

[Navman]

how you using the del command?

If you deleting the autorun.ini file in c:\ drive then tyor the following command:

del d:\autorun.inf

Hope this will help.

[worm4u]

Have you scan the system with any of the antivirus? I don't this so its virus.

From wikipedia:

autorun.inf is an ASCII text file located in the root folder of a CD-ROM or other removable media. The structure is that of a classic Windows .ini file, containing information and commands as "key=value" pairs, grouped into sections. These keys specify:

The name and the location of a program to call when the media is inserted.

The name of a file that contains an icon that represents the media in Explorer (instead of the standard drive icon).

Commands for the menu that appears when the user right-clicks the drive icon.

The default command that runs when the user double-clicks the drive icon.

Settings that alter AutoPlay detection routines or search parameters

Settings that indicate the presence of drivers.

On Windows XP versions previous to Service Pack 2, drives of type DRIVE_REMOVABLE do not have any autorun.inf support.

[Raiz]

Refer to following threads to know about deleting autorun.ini :

How to remove new folder.exe or regsvr.exe or autorun.inf
autorun.inf file does not delete
http://forums.techarena.in/security-...rs/1201614.htm
Autorun.inf cannot copy/move.

Hope this will help.