Although Android in the past was known as an unsafe operating system, Google in the meantime to dangerous apps prematurely to discover. The company now offers a look in the kitchen how that happens.
Download all of your apps from the Play Store, then the chances are that you are a dangerous application brings to your Android smartphone or tablet all at least. The more than two million apps found there, are all checked for possible malicious code. These checks are not only at the initial release of an app is running, but also with each update, and regular other times. So you can be sure that Play Store apps are completely secure.
Android allows you to however, apps from outside the Play Store, install via the standalone apk files. That is seen by many as a plus, because the Android this open and highly customizable. The but it also brings risks, because attackers are still their dangerous apps can spread. Also these users have some protection to offer, and to ensure that Google is risky apps discovered on time, carried out the company a few years ago some security measures.
Android regularly checks for the apps on your smartphone will not suddenly specific aspects of the unit trying to take over. Turns out an app is unsafe behavior, then your device will warn you. However, some apps try this “Verify Apps” process of Google to stop. Then the app can run its course without being disturbed.
In a blog post explains Google that it can automatically detect when a smartphone is the 'Verify Apps'-process not run. There are two reasons why this process on a unit to a stop: if the user is transitioned to a new smartphone and the old device is no longer used, or if the process through a malicious app is stopped.
Dangerous apps recognize
Google record, therefore, whether the process still runs after the installation of each new app. If it turns out that a lot of smartphones the process beeeindigen after the installation of a specific app, then it suggests that that app and not a new smartphone the problem is. These tell Google that the research should do so to the dangerous application.
Then says Google is the security flaw that the app be used as soon as possible, to be sealed with security updates. Also, smartphones may where the Verify Apps process still works this app prematurely block. On the blog of the software company is a more detailed explanation of how Google Verify Apps bet.
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