When a seemingly ordinary message containing the link “http://w.me/settings” is sent to WhatsApp users on Android, a sudden crash occurs in the app, according to press reports. Security researcher Bandia Mayor pointed this out in a tweet on Twitter.
According to reports, the affected version of WhatsApp on Android appears to be version 2.23.10.77. Although the link mentioned in the message is a normal link that leads to the app's settings, there is an unknown bug in the Android version of WhatsApp that causes the app to crash when opening any conversation containing the link. Opening the conversation that contains the message will cause the app to crash, and therefore, users are advised to avoid opening this conversation and can delete it entirely without opening it to restore the app's normal operation.
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If the user is unable to use WhatsApp on their phone due to the mentioned message, they can open their WhatsApp account on a computer and delete the message from there, and then they can resume using the app on Android again.
It is well known that WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, with over two billion users globally. In second place comes the Chinese app WeChat with approximately 1.2 billion users, followed by Facebook Messenger with nearly one billion users. It is worth noting that both WhatsApp and Messenger belong to the American company Meta (formerly known as Facebook). It is expected that an update for WhatsApp will be released soon to resolve the issue with the mentioned message.
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WhatsApp is one of the most famous and widely used messaging apps in the world. There are more than two billion users who use WhatsApp on mobile phones with various operating systems. WeChat ranks second with approximately 1.2 billion users, followed by Facebook Messenger with about one billion users. It should be noted that WhatsApp and Messenger both belong to Meta (formerly known as Facebook). An update is expected to be released soon for WhatsApp to fix the issue related to the message that caused the app to crash on Android devices.
In Summary:
The instant messaging app WhatsApp on Android experienced a sudden crash upon receiving a seemingly ordinary message. The message that caused the app to crash contains the link “http://w.me/settings”. When users receive this specific message, the app crashes on Android devices.
The link that causes the crash normally redirects the user to the app's settings, but in this case, a bug in WhatsApp causes it to crash when opening any conversation containing the link. The app crash repeats every time the conversation affected by this message is opened.
If a user receives this message, they should avoid opening the conversation containing it to maintain the app's continued operation. The user can delete the entire conversation from the app without opening it to resolve the issue.
If the user is completely unable to use the app on their phone due to this message, they can open their WhatsApp account on a computer and delete the message from there. WhatsApp app data indicates that an update will be released soon to resolve this issue.
Data has indicated that WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world with over two billion users. WeChat ranks second with approximately 1.2 billion users, followed by Facebook Messenger with nearly one billion users. An update for WhatsApp is expected to be released soon to resolve the is
sue related to the message causing the crash.
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