Priyanka Virus is sprding on Whatsapp

A virus named “Priyanka” is sprding 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 sprding 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 rl. 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 alrdy 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 sprding to your contacts list.To get rid of this virus from your phone you need to delete it from your contacts and also clr your Whatsapp database.NOTE: Clring 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 rlly do about it so just br with it.

Below are the noob proof steps to get rid of the virus:
1. Go to your contacts, srch for Priyanka and DELETE it2. Go to Settings on your phone3. Select Apps or App manager and then select Whatsapp from the list4. Tap on Force stop and then on Clr data5. 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.