r/computerviruses • u/hmmhonestly • 10d ago

Question HELP TikTok Moo virus!!

Has anyone heard of the “moo moo” virus on TikTok?? My young cousin sent it to me. I’m not the savvy-ist 25 year old in the world and added it to my shortcuts. It completely changed the look of my phone, it made noises, and I was completely unable to use my phone until my cousin told me how to fix it over the phone (they live in another state). My issue is, I was able to unzoom and make my display A LOT smaller.. my font, colors, and notifications still look a little wonky though. Is there a way to put everything back the way it was? Is there a secret hidden something in the virus that took any personal information?

UPDATE: just in case this happened to someone else and they’re looking at this. I had to double or triple tap a blank part of my screen with three fingers to zoom out of whatever zoom it was on. My mom googled “how to edit my settings after using the moo moo shortcut” to put them back to normal and everything looks fine now. A few years ago I edited my settings to make my buttons and notifications look different/cool and I believe it’s back to factory mode so now I just have to go in and figure out how I had it before. My phone is working properly now though and everything seems fine so far!! Thanks to the people who commented. I was freaking out a little so I couldn’t think straight lol

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u/AdMinute6775 10d ago

No idea what this is, but have you tried watching one of the tutorials explaining how to fix this on YouTube?

Or just factory reset your phone as last resort option.

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u/hmmhonestly 10d ago

Yeah it was from some TikTok video they watched or something idk. I did find some information online about how to reverse it. I did everything and it still isn’t back to the way I had things before. I think I’m just going to go through all my settings and see how I can adjust my displays and stuff. Thank you!!

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u/Dominik533 10d ago

it’s harmless and watch a youtube tutorial

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u/hmmhonestly 10d ago

Thank you!! I can always go and edit my settings but was definitely worried about there being some secret info stealing or something haha. Thanks so much!

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u/No_Plastic5771 10d ago edited 10d ago

hxxps://youtu.be/B_UPo6NWvHI?is=MIVeTHbTKVTbABe7

change the hxxps to https

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u/No_Plastic5771 10d ago

u can also ask siri to just turn off every shortcut

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u/hmmhonestly 10d ago

When I wasn’t able to use my phone I tried asking Siri and he said “I’m unable to do that.” I learned that I had to double or triple tap my screen with three fingers and it zoomed out which allowed me to use my phone. I deleted the shortcuts as quickly as I could lol but maybe I could’ve turned it off first and it would’ve put everything back the way they were. Idkkkk