Google’s Finally Cracking Down on Android Malware

Google ’s revealed anew feature to the Android Market anticipate Bouncer , which will scan usable apps for malware without chivvy developer or step in with drug user experience at all . It ’s one of the first sign that Google ’s taking Android malware earnestly , and it ’s about time .

Bouncer works on a few levels . As young apps come in , they ’re analyse to see if they ’re carrying malware , spyware and Trojan . It also compare how an app is operating versus how it ’s expected to function , and how that compares to similar apps that have been problems in the past tense . And eventually , it study new dev accounts to see if they ’re just sure-enough malware hawkers occur back around ( how that last part works is less clean ) .

It sounds like a great step toward free the Market of problem apps , and seems to be working so far . It ’s been in effect for “ a while now , ” and while there ’ve been a number ofhigh profile alarmsover the retiring several month , Google claims there was a 40 per centum dip in malware activeness from the first to the 2nd half of 2011 . Do with that what you will , but in any case , a more secure Android Market is only good news . [ Google ]

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