On my sony VAIO duo 11 windows 8, I have a virus that makes everything a "shortcut" especially on my flash drives. The problem is, I want to reinstall windows from the recovery partition that's on the HDD. However, every time I try to copy the recovery partition onto a flash drive, it copies over to the flash drive in a "shortcut" fashion which hinders me from creating a bootable flash drive. I tried malware bytes and other antivirus programs to make it stop creating shortcuts but to no avail. I need help.
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The thread discusses a user's issue with a virus on their Sony VAIO Duo 11 running Windows 8, which causes files, especially on flash drives, to appear as shortcuts. The original poster seeks assistance in creating a bootable recovery flash drive since the virus disguises recovered files as shortcuts, hampering reinstallations. Responders recommend booting into safe mode to run antivirus scans, using Sony's built-in recovery software, and restoring default file associations to resolve the shortcut problem.
The thread discusses a user's issue with a virus on their Sony VAIO Duo 11 running Windows 8, which causes files, especially on flash drives, to appear as shortcuts. The original poster seeks assistance in creating a bootable recovery flash drive since the virus disguises recovered files as shortcuts, hampering reinstallations. Responders recommend booting into safe mode to run antivirus scans, using Sony's built-in recovery software, and restoring default file associations to resolve the shortcut problem.
Solution
Jimbo22
Essential Member
Get into safemode and run your antivirus and any malware software and see if that cleans your system.
As far as reinstalling; use your Sony Vaio built in software to reinstall using the recovery partition. Have a look at this, page 4....
https://docs.sony.com/release/VGNT300series_Recoveryguide.pdf
As far as reinstalling; use your Sony Vaio built in software to reinstall using the recovery partition. Have a look at this, page 4....
https://docs.sony.com/release/VGNT300series_Recoveryguide.pdf
davidhk129
Essential Member
Give this a try..... restore Default file associations.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8486-default-file-associations-restore-windows-8-a.html
Scroll down to Link Removed - Executable application files.
and follow the instructions at the top from #1 to #7.
Scroll down to Link Removed - Shortcut link (LNK) files.
and do the same as above.
