Follow These Steps To Avoid Scary Messages Circulating On WhatsApp

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JAKARTA - WhatsApp users must be careful when receiving chain messages. The reason is that there are a number of messages containing strange characters that can make the WhatsApp application crash as soon as you open it.

WABetaInfo reported, this message dubbed Scary Messages is a bug that causes the WhatsApp application on Android and iOS to crash or crash. This happens because WhatsApp cannot process the text characters or symbols from the message.

"The combination of these characters creates a situation where WhatsApp cannot process the message, which determines the infinite damage," said WABetaInfo, Tuesday, September 8.

Mentioned this terrible message in the form of a strange arrangement of characters and symbols sent in the form of vCards or a list of contact numbers. WABetaInfo said that this case is often experienced by WhatsApp users in Brazil.

Where the messages are still shared in WhatsApp groups. The goal is none other than to destroy the WhatsApp application of other users who open the message.

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Unfortunately, WhatsApp has not responded to this report. The only best preventive way to protect yourself from scary message attacks is to block the sender's contact and immediately delete the message via WhatsApp Web.

However, if you have become a victim of these scary messages and cannot enter the application, simply uninstall the WhatsApp application and download it again with the existing backup.

Another way that can be done to prevent scary messages from circulating with the group privacy setting to 'My Contacts' or 'My Contacts except ...'. This step can prevent your number from entering the unknown group that sent the malicious message earlier.