Today Most of the People depend upon Removable drives through which we share Music, Videos , Presentations etc. But when we use it in a Public Computers or Our Friends , they are Prone to being infected by Viruses. Although some of the doesn;t harm our files , Over period of time it slows down your PC. Such kind of virus include the Shortcut virus, which creates shortcuts in pendrive replacing folders on Removable drives. If it wasn't Removed, It removes the Options in Control Panel. Steps to Prevent Shortcut Virus: First of Turn off Autoplay in your PC/Laptop. Open Windows Explorer / Control Panel. Go to this location : Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\AutoPlay Uncheck Use Autplay for all Media and Devices or change Take no Action to the follwing Items in it (refer Image). Pictures Software and games Video Files Audio files Mixed Content Install a Good Antivirus like Kaspersky which is effective in cleaning Shortcut viruses. Also Microso...