It enters in the form of attachments,messages,emails.It just remains idle behind the screen and when it notices that the user is trying to copy paste a crypto currency wallet address,it immediately alters the ddress to the cryptoshuffler wallet address.Its very difficult for the user to identify the change in the address since the cryptoshuffler chooses the address much similar to the address from its pool.
So the only thing a user has to do is avoid opening spam emails, attachments that come from unknown sources, and remember to verify the address after copying it. Is that it? Every single cryptocurrency user should know that. These are the basics.
Even a full format or factory reset might not be useful.Hard drives have to be cleanly wiped out.
Do you mean zeroed? I haven't really seen a virus that would sit on your HDD and wouldn't disappear after formating it. Zeroing is used only in cases when you want to avoid future data recovery. If the virus survives formatting it would suggest that it hides in the BIOS.