On January 13, a large-scale outbreak of the infamous worm virus incaseformat was detected. Once infected with this virus, after the computer restarts, all disk files except the system disk will be deleted, causing great losses. The social media on the 14th is full of painful experiences of recruiting users.

Incaseformat has appeared several years ago, and it will happen every once in a while. Researchers found that the virus is like a latent time bomb, which will be compared according to the current system time of the infected computer. Once it meets certain time standards, the virus will be awakened. The virus code shows that its next launch time may be January 23 and February 4, 2021.

The virus mainly infects other computers through self-replication of U disk. Therefore, security experts recommend that

1） the latest version of anti-virus software should be installed and upgraded as soon as possible.

2） Do not download and install unknown software at will. Try to download and install it on the official website.

3） At the same time, strictly regulate the use of mobile media such as U disks, and check and kill before use.

Once your computer is infected by a virus, you should seek professional help instead of rushing to restart the computer to prevent disk files from being deleted. In addition, if the disk file has been deleted, you can also restore the data after completing the system-wide virus check. It is not completely impossible to restore the lost data