OPSWAT downloaded almost 12,000 applications and 32% flagged as suspect. The study only includes unofficial stores
black Google Play is the safest for Android Ana Rita Guerra
company OPSWAT A study says that one third of applications in non-official stores contain malicious code.
Counterfeit versions of popular applications, like Twitter or Angry Birds, dominate the list of suspicious files
The OPSWAT downloaded almost 12,000 applications from various application stores for Android -. except . official Google Play – analyzed in the anti-malware system and signaled Metascan 32% as suspicious
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The Metascan works using various anti-malware library and most applications (74%) were labeled as malware detected by only one service. In addition, many of the files were flagged for being classified as adware, “which is not universally considered malware,” explained the CEO of OPSWAT, Dan Lanir.
Of the remaining 26% of suspicious files , 9% were flagged for two anti-malware services and 4% for two. . Only 26 files, about 1% have been flagged for ten or more anti-malware servicesThis study confirms, once again, the problem of Android: the possession of an open system, which pleases users, it is also more uncertain.
While Google Play Store is mostly safe, other outlets are not Android. Thus, users of the Android system must analyze the data of applications before downloading them, alert the Opsawt.
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