Check your PC for malicious shortcuts with Shortcut Scanner

Shortcut Scanner is a free tool which scans your PC for potentially malicious shortcuts. The program looks for multiple indicators. Does the shortcut point to PowerShell, cmd.exe or some other command prompt? Does it include dangerous keywords, have unusually long commands, is larger than 4KB in size? Any suspect shortcuts are organized into three groups: "Dangerous" (possible virus), "Require attention" (probably just shortcuts with arguments) and "Broken" (the target doesn’t exist). Clicking any of the listed shortcuts displays its command, and offers a hex view of the .LNK file for experts to explore further. (Not a bad idea, but it… [Continue Reading]