It seems that WhatsApp is never going to get rid of vulnerabilitiesIf security flaws and sudden service outages seemed to be behind us , now a supposed virus would be roaming freely through this messaging tool A type of virus that takes advantage of a bug in the contact system to modify said list, with no greater intention than that: annoy to userAnd at least it seems that this virus is not dangerous for the terminal nor does it compromise security and privacyof the user, being just a nuisance.
Her name is Priyanka and she arrives in the form of business card , that's how polite he is. In this way, as if it were another contact, this virus enters the application WhatsApp and modifies the list of contacts, changing all their names to Priyanka's Which also applies to different conversations, both individuals and groups, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other if they don't have their own profile picture. But, how to prevent this from happening?
The first thing, as always with any problem of vulnerabilities and virus issues, is to use common senseAnd it is that Priyanka arrives at the user's terminal in the form of an invitation, as a business cardshared by a trusted contact. Thus, if it is a unknown contact, the best thing to do is avoid accepting it You can save the problem of this virus that needs the user himself to gain a foothold in his WhatsApp account. And if said has already been accepted? virus-user and the entire contact list has been modified?
In this case, a possible solution has already been disclosed through the Internet that solves the problem of Priyanka, at least valid for terminals with operating system Android Thus, when all conversations have been modified by this virus, just follow several simple steps that will completely reset the WhatsApp application, removing Priyanka from scene.
- The first thing to do is access the menu Terminal settings, enter Application Manager and search for WhatsApp.
- Within this menu you must press the button Force stop, which forces you to suspend the service of WhatsApp to avoid any further interference.
- Then click on Delete data. This will delete all WhatsApp data, leaving the app as newly installed.
This leads to the complete removal of Priyanka from this messaging service.In addition, it is only necessary to start WhatsApp and enter the user data to recover the conversations stored until the last automatic save of them, which can mean a loss of information, but recovering at least a large part of it. All this without the need for programs and applications antivirus, the greatest protection being common sense, avoiding all content coming from an unknown source and miracle tools that promise to know a lot more than the application itself WhatsApp allows.
