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Twitter: How to Fix the Mikeyy Worm/Virus

Did You Get Hit By The Twitter Worm, Mikeyy?

Recently, Twitter has been hit by a worm that spreads when people check out the profile pages of the ones they are following.

Their account then gets infected and they too start spreading the seemingly harmless but infected tweets. Some of them include links to infected accounts.

How To Fix The Problem Fast

Here’s the fastest way to fix the problem at hand:

Go to your Settings and re-update your name, username, more info URL, one line BIO, password.

If you do that, it will stop your account from infecting other Twitter accounts when they visit your profile page.


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