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Hello,

Some members appear to be getting popups when they open Similar Worlds and other websites.

All the users so far that have complained about this seem to be using a Samsung phone, and after we investigated a bit, this seems to be caused by a virus/infection, and not by Similar Worlds.


If you are getting popups when opening websites, we recommend you [b]install "Malwarebytes" from the Play Store[/b], which appears to be [u]resolving the issue[/u] for some users.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware


[c=#A69800][i](we are NOT advertising a product - we are trying to resolve an issue that our members are having, that can potentially affect us as a consequence)[/i][/c]


Please let us know if this resolved the issue.
If you installed any ad-blocker because of this problem, [b]please consider uninstalling your ad-blocker[/b], to support Similar Worlds with the [u]non-obtrusive ads[/u] we show.


[u]Recent reviews of Malwarebytes:[/u]

[image=https://photos1.similarworlds.com/00/00/00/00/00/99/69/36/SW-Help-TPLlFZcjV-b.jpg]

[image=https://photos1.similarworlds.com/00/00/00/00/00/99/69/32/SW-Help-YmZPYGOuj-b.jpg]



[b][u][c=#BF0000]Update:[/c][/u][/b]

After some researching, I can see that other people are having this issue recently with other websites.

They seem to be able to resolve this issue by uninstalling apps that have been installed recently. [u]Please review the apps you installed recently and consider [b]uninstalling[/b] them.[/u] If this resolves the issue, please let us know what apps you uninstalled!

References:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1537477

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/573081-hellhole/76471725

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insecure-content-and-spam-redirect-from-wordads-unit/