Chrome is launching itself and displaying a porn page

[John D8]

The last few days several times I've been using my one plus three (stock, no tinkering) and suddenly chrome launches in front of the app I'm using with some "extreme adult" page.

It seems to only happen from Scrabble app but I can't guarantee this.

Searching is not helping, and I don't know how to figure out what is happening and stop it.

 

[1213 1213]

Looks like the app is giving ad popups.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Uninstall the Scrabble app and see if this persists. If it does, then go to Settings>Apps​, select Chrome, and Clear Cache/Clear Data.

 

[mabr82]

Will be ads based on cookies (embarrassingly for you)

 

[RobertR213]

FYI, I've been having the same problem since Thursday. I don't remember it happening except while using the Scrabble app. I've tried clearing Chrome's browsing history and cache, running Malwarebytes anti-malware (no malware detected) and reinstalling Scrabble, and the problem persists.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Is that the official Scrabble app from Electronic Arts, or some knockoff? This is the legitimate app: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...a.game.scrabblemattel_bv&hl=en&token=YKDPz5vS. Also, are you installing from Google Play Store, or from somewhere else?

If you uninstall Scrabble, do the popups go away?

 

[Bartopia]

Welcome to Android Central! Is that the official Scrabble app from Electronic Arts, or some knockoff? This is the legitimate app: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...a.game.scrabblemattel_bv&hl=en&token=NxqqTVL4. Also, are you installing from Google Play Store, or from somewhere else?

If you uninstall Scrabble, do the popups go away?

Same issue here, only within the last week or so and only with the official scrabble app.

I'm using the standard Internet browser not chrome so I'm suspecting the issue is with scrabble but surprised there's not more people shouting about it given the popularity of the app.

 

[B. Diddy]

And it's the official Scrabble app from the Play Store? If, for example, you installed the official app from some other source, there's more chance of adware or malware coming along with it.

Otherwise, send an email to Electronic Arts and let them know that whatever ad network they're using is starting to misbehave.

 

[Bartopia]

Yes, the official EA scrabble app from the Play Store. It hasn't done it today though so hopefully fixed. Should listen to their customers and offer a paid for ad free version like on ios then there would no problem!