chrome is keep opening as a homepage a website ( google.antivirusnow-safe.com/....)

[Android Central Question]

le chrome is keep opening as a homepage a website ( google.antivirusnow-safe.com/....) and saying that 7 critical issues detected and my battery and sim card will be destroyed and is keep showing a 5min countdown clock. I scanned it using malwarebytes and nothing found. Any suggestions??

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I doubt you actually have a virus -- instead, you're getting a browser popup associated with some website that's trying to scare you into installing some bogus "security" app which is probably itself malware. Open Chrome, tap Menu>Settings>Privacy>Clear Browsing Data, and clear everything "From the Beginning of Time." Do the same on Chrome on your computer. Also, on the phone, go to Settings>Apps, select Chrome, then Storage, then Clear Cache/Clear Data. Now see if the problem persists.