Most antivirus apps do absolutely nothing
Some of the Android apps in the Google Play store were so ineffective that they detected themselves as malware
Two thirds of Android antivirus apps that appear in the Google Play store provide no protection for devices, tests have revealed.
Researchers at the Austrian antivirus testing firm AV-Comparatives analysed 250 apps claiming to offer security for Android smartphones and tablets.
Their results found that less than a third of them managed to detect even 30 per cent of the malicious apps released in 2018, while 80 of the apps tested failed to meet the firm's most basic requirements for cyber security.
"Some of the Android security products in our test blocked so few of the malware samples – in some cases literally none – that they cannot reasonably be described as anti-malware apps," stated a report of the findings.
The tests found that some apps in the Google Play store were so ineffective that they detected themselves as malware.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/android-test-2019-250-apps/
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/android-antivirus-app-fake-google-play-a8827816.html
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Some of the Android apps in the Google Play store were so ineffective that they detected themselves as malware
Two thirds of Android antivirus apps that appear in the Google Play store provide no protection for devices, tests have revealed.
Researchers at the Austrian antivirus testing firm AV-Comparatives analysed 250 apps claiming to offer security for Android smartphones and tablets.
Their results found that less than a third of them managed to detect even 30 per cent of the malicious apps released in 2018, while 80 of the apps tested failed to meet the firm's most basic requirements for cyber security.
"Some of the Android security products in our test blocked so few of the malware samples – in some cases literally none – that they cannot reasonably be described as anti-malware apps," stated a report of the findings.
The tests found that some apps in the Google Play store were so ineffective that they detected themselves as malware.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/android-test-2019-250-apps/
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/android-antivirus-app-fake-google-play-a8827816.html
📡 @NoGoolag
#google #playstore #antivirus #ineffective #fake #malware