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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...
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.
I find it hard to believe viber isn't some IoT connected sex toy name.