How do remove Priyanka virus Whatsapp? How you get infected Whatsapp? Pryanka burned Whatsapp

New virus/exploit is spreading around WhatsApp on Android called Priyanka. It changes all your groups names to Priyanka, and may also change your contact names to Priyanka. The virus is spread manually - you have to accept it to get infected, and it's pretty easy to remove.

How you get infected

If you receive a contact file from a friend, named 'Priyanka' and install it, your WhatsApp will be infected. If you receive the contact file but don't accept it, nothing will happen.

How to remove the Priyanka virus

To get rid of Priyanka, search your contacts for Priyanka and delete any you find. Go to Settings, apps, manage apps and find WhatsApp. Tap 'Force Stop' and then 'Clear Data'

Now, the next time you open WhatsApp you will have to go through the setup process again, but you will be free of the virus. You shouldn't lose conversations, except perhaps very recent ones.

Priyanka is a very simple virus, as it requires users to actively accept it. It's also not very damaging, but proves that WhatsApp could be susceptible to spreading more serious viruses.

We have not been able to reproduce this exploit locally, nor confirm whether WhatsApp on other platforms like iOS can also fall victim to it.

Note:This  steps involve deletion of contacts and resetting whatsapp DB, its better if you have backup of your contacts already

• Delete All contacts with name “Priyanka”.
• Go to “Setting” >> Apps >> Manage Apps.
• Then find “Whatsapp ” in the list . just Tap on “Force Stop” and then Tap on “Clear data”.

That’s it this would take whatsapp to initial stage where you do stuff like agree condition then mobile verification.

Now your Whatsapp would return to normal state with no infection. Hope you liked the post. Let us know if this disinfecting steps worked with your device.

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 a 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, make 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:

Removing the Priyanka Whatsapp virus

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.

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:

1. Go to your contacts, search for Priyanka and DELETE it
2. Go to Settings on your phone
3. Select Apps or App manager and then select Whatsapp from the list
4. 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.