Virus in whatsapp and how to remove virus in whatsapp

BEWARE**** BEWARE**** BEWARE****

A virus named “Priyanka” is spreading on Whatsapp through a contacts file that if you add 

to your contacts will change the name of all the groups you have on your Whatsapp to 

“Priyanka”, and in the worst case, it may also replace all your contacts name to ‘Priyanka’ as 

well.

It started spreading earlier yesterday and I got it from one of my relative. It was sent to me 

without his notice so we could presume that once it gets on your phone it automatically 

forwards itself to all your Whatsapp contacts without your permission.

Anyway, I willingly added it to my contacts to see if it’s for real. And Damn! it worked — 

replaced all the group names on my Whatsapp to “Priyanka”. So folks! stay away from it.

Here’s how to stay away from Priyanka Whatsapp virus

Thankfully this virus doesn’t gets installed on your phone by itself. So in case you receive a 

contact file named “Priyanka” from anyone on Whatsapp or by any other way, m

ake sure that you do NOT add/save it to your contacts. It can’t do any harm without getting 

added to your contacts database so just DON’T save it.

However, in case you’ve already saved it to your contacts. Here’s what you should do to get 

rid of it:
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Removing the Priyanka Whatsapp virus.
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First thing you should do is turn off all the internet connectivity on your phone. WiFi, Mobile 

data and bluetooth tether.. all of them to stop it from spreading to your contacts list.

To get rid of this virus from your phone you need to delete it from your contacts and also 

clear your Whatsapp database.
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NOTE that clearing your Whatsapp database would bring it to a freshly installed state. You’ll 

be required to do all the Whatsapp setup again. And thankfully, Whatsapp does take auto 

backups of all your conversations so they’ll be restored automatically once you’re through 

the setup. However, chances are that you’ll lose some of your recent conversations, say last 

24-36 hrs, but there’s nothing you could really do about it so just bear with it.

Below are the noob proof steps to get rid of the virus:

Go to your contacts, search for Priyanka and DELETE it

Go to Settings on your phone

Select Apps or App manager and then select Whatsapp from the list

Tap on Force stop and then on Clear data

Once done. Open Whatsapp on your phone and it’ll show up as you’ve just installed it 

again. Go through the setup. And in the end it’ll automatically start restoring your 

conversations.
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-RAghav chhabra