What Is Virtex Virus? Know Its Understanding And Dangers If You Attack Your Phone

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YOGYAKARTA Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the viral virus on social media. A TikTok account @dalam influenced to upload a video showing a cellphone exposed to the viral virus.

In the upload, it appears that a cellphone cannot be used after opening a video on the WhatsApp application.

The account provides information that the cellphone was exposed to a virus called Virtex.

Virusfirmex is troubling #fyp #foryourpage #virtex #whatsappstatus," wrote the uploader, quoted Friday, March 10, 2023.

As of Friday, March 10, 2023, the video has been viewed by 3 million people and received 98.2 thousand likes. So, what is a viral virus?

Adapted from the Gramedia Blog page, the Virtex stands for the text virus which can interfere with multiple applications on smartphones, including WhatsApp.

Virtex virus is exploited by a collection of unique characters and symbols in large numbers, so it will be difficult to read.

Generally, the tex virus is spread through applicability, and the platform most frequently used is WhatsApp.

Therefore, users need to be vigilant if they receive a short message on WhatsApp which contains various unique characters in the long number.

If the text virus has attacked, the phone will experience lag for a long time. In fact, not infrequently, it will take a long time and it will also be difficult to access it again.

This situation is a hassle, especially for those who use the WhatsApp application for business purposes or look for rupiah coffers.

The only way that can be done if a user receives a message that is inserted with a Virtex is to turn off the phone, then reinstall the WhatsApp application.

Originally, the existence of virtex could be called a dangerous and harmless virus. It all depends on how much impact the Virtex virus has had on applications installed on smartphones.

Virtex will be considered a dangerous virus if it attacks other applications, not just WhatsApp. Meanwhile, Virtex, which only attacks one application, is considered harmless.

Regarding the viral case that recently went viral, the Chairman of Communication & Information System Security Research Center (CISSReC) Pratama Persadha said the virus was not in the form of text, but video.

He added that there is a possibility of a video that netizens call the Virtex, a type of malware video containing a script that is designed to take advantage of Android operating system bugs.

"Such malware may be hidden in unsafe applications or websites and can spread through social media or instant messaging apps." Pratama said as quoted by CNN Indonesia.

"When we watch videos or access infected websites, malware scripts can trigger bugs or security holes in the Android operating system," he said again.

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