If an infected device runs on your system, it will also affect your system. It mainly affects removable transmission devices such as USB, flash drives, external hard drives, and SD cards.
It duplicates and steals personal data and decreases system performance along with other side effects. Whenever any user tries to open any of these, they are running this malware all over the system. The logic that makes the folder become a shortcut is that this virus hides the original folder/file on the same removable media and creates a shortcut with the same name. This virus invades your pen drive, computer, hard drive, memory card, or mobile phone and changes files to shortcuts with original folder icons. The cause of this uncommon issue is a shortcut virus such as a mixture of worms and Trojans designed to damage the data. If you’re wondering why are my files turning into shortcuts.
