{"id":43778,"date":"2023-10-19T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43778"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:59:04","slug":"all-android-owners-receive-free-phone-upgrade-that-scans-for-hidden-dangers-before-apps-are-installed-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/all-android-owners-receive-free-phone-upgrade-that-scans-for-hidden-dangers-before-apps-are-installed-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"All Android owners receive free phone upgrade that scans for hidden dangers before apps are installed | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOOGLE has given Android owners a real-time threat detection feature that alerts users like an antivirus software.<\/p>\n

The tech giant has injected stricter security into the code of its Play Protect feature, which is designed to protect Android users when sideloading apps from outside the\u00a0Google\u00a0Play Store.<\/p>\n

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Cyber crooks don't always rely on the chance Google won't detect the malicious app they have uploaded to the Play Store. <\/p>\n

Instead, they trick unsuspecting Android users into downloading apps from unofficial sources, in a practice known as sideloading. <\/p>\n

Despite being just six years old, Play Protect scans 125billion apps for malware each day.<\/p>\n

It already scans apps uploaded to the Play Store in real-time.<\/p>\n

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And it can screen apps if\u00a0Android\u00a0users manually action it.<\/p>\n

But the latest update to the feature automates the scanning process for sideloaded apps – apps that aren't from an official source – via a pop-up prompt. <\/p>\n

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If it finds the app to be "harmful" it will let you know how and block you from installing it. <\/p>\n

For example, Google will let you know if an "app can allow unauthorised access to your data or device".<\/p>\n

"Once the real-time analysis is complete, users will get a result letting them know if the app looks safe to install or if the scan determined the app is potentially harmful," Google wrote in a security blog. <\/p>\n

"This enhancement will help better protect users against malicious polymorphic apps that leverage various methods, such as AI, to be altered to avoid detection."<\/p>\n

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