Then it hides all original existing files and folders. When a USB removable device plugged-in to an infected computer, this virus create its own files in the USB device and also it create their icons tobe appear as same as existing files.
A malware, which uses removable external devices to spread from one computer to another. Their names were OK, but their icons were like shortcuts.
All files and folders looked like shortcuts. When I tried to open my documents, they didn’t open, nothing happened, there was no response at all. My USB flash drive was full of important documents. For the first time, this happened a few years ago. This is about a well-known virus, the Shortcut Virus, which converts everything to shortcuts, which make everything useless.