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⚠ [Solution] Are you getting popups when opening Similar Worlds?

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


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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]





[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/
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Nymnin · 26-30, F
on android, chrome should automatically block them. I mean that in my experience it has. It just shows me how many it has block then goes away.

I think people are bothered by getting a notification in chrome that pop-up has block # amount.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25E1lUiuhoA
Nuno · Admin
@Nymnin Thank you. Based on the screenshots I received today, it seems they indeed get a notification saying "X pop-ups blocked". However, I'm pretty sure that disabling Push Notifications wouldn't fix that problem. That notification of pop-ups blocked isn't a Push Notification. Thank you for your message.