They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won’t last. They’re going full Microsoft Skype mode and it’s only a matter of time.

  • SacrificedBeans@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    8 months ago

    In the past month I noticed ads inside Viber desktop (it’s used a lot here, instead of WhatsApp)

    Later I got a call from a friend that his windows defender picked up a trojan in Viber files… Next day I got it too.

    I shit you not, they let out an update with malware, on a popular chat app. I uninstalled and got the next update, with blind trust, I can’t migrate atm…

    • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      It is possible it was a false positive, though I am not familiar with Viber and its recent history in terms of malware incidents.

      Still any platform that serves up ads needs to secure them… and as none bother I simply block all ads.