The Google Play Store might not be perfect for stopping Android malware, but its collection of scanning, app reviews, and developer requirements makes it a lot safer than the wider, unfiltered ...

Google Play Store version 41.9.17 contains code for an in-development Play Protect feature that would allow you to rescan without deleting flagged apps. As it stands, when the tool flags an app for ...

The virus scan failed error message is displayed when Google Chrome cannot scan your downloaded files. This can happen if you have a third-party antivirus program ...

Google is testing a built-in malware scanner for APK downloads within Chrome on Android, adding another layer of security beyond Play Protect. This new feature, currently in Chrome Canary, will scan ...

Google is launching its own malware scanner for Android devices, according to a report. Android Police discovered a feature dubbed 'App Check' within the latest APK release of the Google Play store, ...

John Mueller, a Google Search developer advocate, said on X that Google Search does not use Sistrix's a virus scanner. Googlebot does not scan documents for viruses as it crawls the web. John wrote, ...

To avoid detection, Google has found that malicious parties are looking beyond the Play Store to infect Android devices with malware. In response, Google is updating Play Protect and extending its ...

Over 90 malicious Android apps were found installed over 5.5 million times through Google Play to deliver malware and adware, with the Anatsa banking trojan seeing a recent surge in activity. Anatsa ...