Beware of wp20.ru links on WhatsApp: here's what you need to know

Have you recently received wp20.ru links via WhatsApp ? Be very careful with what you do with those links, you must be especially careful because they are not what they seem and behind those URLs there is not something exactly pleasant hidden, then we will tell you the details.

The truth is that these types of links are not new, but they are dangerous . Like any other URL, it is best not to open it if its origin is not known, we have already mentioned it on other occasions, for example, when they come with text strings.

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The numerous scams that circulate on WhatsApp and that are easily detectable almost always offer some type of link to a giveaway or survey, but in this case the link is not accompanied by any type of text, which is more suspicious.

It’s a computer virus

First of all, you must identify what the wp20.ru link is like , it has the following form:

https://wp20.ru/xxxxxxxxx

It appears as if it were one more website and then a bar with a series of numbers and letters. The most important thing of all is that if you receive the link you should not open it under any circumstances and delete it automatically so that later you do not open it to see what it brings.

Opening the link would mean installing a computer virus called adware on your mobile or even on your computer (if you open the link via WhatsApp Web or Desktop), which what it does is show you numerous very annoying advertisements of all kinds, almost preventing you from using your mobile .

The user would start to experience an uncomfortable and annoying situation with his phone due to the invasive advertising that would start appearing . Worst of all would not be that, but the fact that they could even intercept your private WhatsApp information .

You must be very careful with this type of link, if you see that they contain wp20.ru, do not open them on your mobile, but neither on the computer , as we already mentioned because the consequences may be similar and you could have the same problems (advertising, data theft, etc).

Although the ideal would be not to open the wp20.ru links , it is likely that you have not realized it or that you have already opened it, and the only thing left for you to do is install an antivirus and see if it is able to eliminate the virus that it introduces in your device.

A factory reset of your Android phone should not be necessary, but if this does not solve it, there is no other way, in that case it would be convenient to first make a backup of the most important data and then proceed with that format of the mobile to see if this is the case. It is eliminated.

It should be clear to you that if you receive a wp20.ru link you should not open it , it can install advertising on your phone and cause you a lot of problems, but not only on your mobile, but on any other terminal on which you open it. If you receive it, it is best to delete it forever.