Summary: This Tutorial explains how to remove virus from SD card without formatting. It discusses both manual and software approaches. It also tells how to detect a virus, how SD Cards are attacked by a virus, and what happens when an SD Card gets infected by a virus. Read on to learn more.
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Picture this. You connect the SD Card with your brother’s laptop to transfer some photos. You performed the transfer process as well as removal process properly to ensure that there is no issue. On the contrary, when you connect it to your Desktop, it produces an error message indicating that the SD Card has become corrupt. To confirm, you tried to access the same on your mobile, but you still cannot open it. To capture the actual problem, you run the anti-virus software and find that it is infected by a virus. You thought of formatting the SD Card but realize that it will remove all the memories.
Worrying what to do NEXT? Wondering how to recover photos from the infected SD Card?
For all those who are looking forward to an alternative for fixing a virus-infected SD card without formatting, this Blog provides a comprehensive solution. Prior to looking into the recovery aspect, let us have a quick overview, what happens when the SD Card gets infected by a virus and how to detect the virus in the SD Card?
The following symptoms occur when a virus infects the SD card.
An easy and free recovery solution to fix virus infected memory card.
Now, Windows will repair virus infected SD Card. On successful completion, check the state of the card.
This method usually works in in minor cases, but in major case scenarios, it fails! You can also refer to the manual tricks mentioned in this post SD Card Recovery.
Here, the most steadfast solution would be to use a third-party recovery tool!
The third party recovery tool will, however, get back your valuable data but it may not remove the virus from SD card.
Under all scenarios like virus infection, when you are unable to manage SD Card using CMD, third-party photo recovery tool works wonders. The reason being, it is software-oriented and free from manual intervention thereby, have lesser risks associated with it.
A recommended, tried, tested, and approved solution is Stellar Photo Recovery Software. This professional recovery solution is specially intended to regain lost photos as well as other multimedia files. This dedicated solution works efficiently in case of corruption, accidental deletion, virus problems, file/directory deletion, software malfunction, or formatting.
The Recovery process is Complete!
Losing your memorable or most cherished moments is not less than a nightmare. This situation can arise in anyone’s life and at any point of the time. It can be due to hardware failure, software malfunction, virus attack, and more!
Here, the major concern is how to remove the virus and recover data from it. You can certainly go for the manual approaches but they do not work in all scenarios thereby, choosing a software aided solution becomes a more viable option.
Sumona is a tech blogger, avid photographer, & technogeek with vast experience in writing about media file recovery tips and tutorials. She has over 10 years of experience in media file recovery/media file repair technology. She is passionate about Photography, Creative Designing, Music, and Exploring lesser-known destinations.
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I HAVE A TF CARD THAT HAS VIRUS THE FILES IN IT ARE NOT IMPORTANT I JUST TO GET RID OF THE VIRUS IN IT. SO HOW DO I GO?.
Hi Princewell,
If you will check the Blog, you will get the answer. An easy and free recovery solution to fix virus-infected SD cards is using the attrib command using a PC.
Hello, I moved some mp4 files from my Android Phone to my sd card and after some days, some of the videos started freezing at some points whenever I play them. Please what could the problem be and how can I solve the problem?
Maybe your videos have gone corrupt due to unsafe transfer or any malware attack. Don’t worry! You can use Stellar Repair for Video to fix the videos to stop freezing.
Hi,Im May. Im about to transfer all the pictures from my camera to pc but i suddenly click the virus, ang when we reformat and recover it 90% of the photos is cannot recover.When we try it to another apps it is the same photo that can recover.Please help me,Im so terrified when all of our pictures is gone.
Hi Mary, I would suggest, Firstly you can use authorized antivirus software to scan your pc from removing viruses. Then you can try our software demo version and see the preview of your lost photos. If the preview is available our software recovers your photos. Thanks!
I had read your post and try Stellar Photo Recovery software. It works very well for me.
Hi Ross, Thanks for choosing our software or Keep reading for next updates!
I had a same problem on my Windows Phone SD card when I put the SD card in my phone. Its automatically hang only power on/off button works. I fix the issue with the help of your given handy manual fix from cmd. I highly recommend this article!
Hi, Jimmy, Thanks for your appreciation!
I was transferring a video clip from my phone to computer via USB cable. When I open a video clip on a media player, VLC media crashed. I don’t want to format my SD card because the data is important. With the help of your blog, I recover my data from SD card. Thank you very much!
Thank to You! For reading our blog and sharing feedback with us.
Hello,
I have a Android S8 phone which seems to loose battery fast and gives an error message of corrupt SD card when surfing the internet. This is the same SD card that was in my last phone. Is there a way to get a virus scan or do I need to get a new SD card? Transferring pics to my computer is not working anymore.
Hello Mitch,
Thanks for contacting Stellar Data Recovery
If the same SD card is running in other system that means the SD card is not corrupt. Otherwise, SD might have got corrupt and you can try the manual fixes. Please follow these steps:
1. Insert the affected card into a card reader and connect it to your system
2. Try chkdsk command
3. Type “chkdsk” followed by drive letter, colon and /f at the command prompt:Chkdsk /f
4. Follow the subsequent message prompts. Lastly, check your assigned drive letter to your SD card to verify if the files are recovered or not.
Hi
i would like to say that my sd card cant read is there a virus in this sd card because i try so many times but it cant read….please give me atip or what to do that cant cause a money….please help me.
Hi Joyce, Please follows these steps as discussed on our blog or you can scan your SD card through an antivirus on your computer.
Hi there!
Madam,
could you help me please?
I got a question from you is I have two android phones and there are problems in replacing them to each other. I wish to use a new one and want to convey the older one to my relative but, when I inserted my latter mobile memory card to new one it isn’t running in it though both the memory cards are running into my older cell phones.
Kindly help me miss as I might use my memory card to new phone.
Hello Abhimanyu,
There is a problem in your memory card which is not compatible with your new phone. Try to move sd card data and connect to your PC/laptop and then transfer your data to your phone through USB cable.