TechTips - How to Remove DiskKnight.Exe From Your USB

If you have come in contact with DiskKnight.exe then you probably are at your wits end with it causing problems. A quick background on DiskKnight.exe, it was actually created to stop virus processes from spreading USB flash drives, but since it acts like a virus it is now spreading and needs to be stopped.

First step is to disable the auto run feature of your USB drive.

Open "My Computer"

Right click on your USB drive

Select properties

Select the Auto Play tab

Choose select an action to perform

Scroll to the bottom of the window choose take no action

Click apply and OK.

Next step is to show the hidden files on your system.

Open "My Computer"

Go to the tools option at the top drop down list

Choose "Folder Options"

Click on the View Tab

Under the advanced settings choose the Show Hidden Files and Folders radio button

Click apply and then OK

Now go to your USB drive, there should be some new files that weren't displaying earlier. You will need to delete the autorun.inf file, also do this on the C:/ drive and in the C:Windows file folder as well.

Modify your Windows Registry

Go to Start>>Run and in the new window type regedit

In Registry Editor go to Edit and type in "knight"

Delete any entries it finds

Update your Antivirus program via the internet or the program itself. Reboot your PC into SafeMode

To boot into safe mode during boot up press F8 repeatedly until a selection appears.

Us the up and down keys to choose SafeMode.

Hit enter and it will boot you into Windows (in SafeMode)

Scan your system with your updated Antivirus program and if it finds anything delete them. Once you are done you can go back to step one and re-enable the autorun of your USB device. Reboot your PC into Windows (not SafeMode) and you Disk Knight should be gone!