Google Play will integrate anti-virus service

It seems that Google is going to deal with malware that somehow penetrates the Google Play environment. The other day, lines were discovered in the Google Play APK version 3.9.16 that did not exist before, and which may be direct evidence of the imminent inclusion of the antivirus service in the Google Play environment.

These lines are:

App Check
“Allow Google to check all apps installed to this device for harmful behavior? To learn more, go to Settings> Security. ”
Installing this app may harm your device
Installation has been blocked
Google recommends that you do not install this app.
To protect you, Google has blocked the installation of this app.
App name: “% s”
I understand that this app may be dangerous.
Verify apps?

As far as you can understand, the service consists of two parts. The first, “App Check,” allows Google to check the files of applications already downloaded by users. The second part checks the downloadable APK, warning about the malware. In addition, applications can be checked with the Verify apps? Button. As far as you can understand, the user, being confident in the security of a particular application, will be able to add it to the list of trusted ones, and the Google Play antivirus system will no longer scan such an application.

Actually, Google has already created a service that scans applications for malware. This is a Bouncer, a service that runs on the server, and automatically removes malicious applications downloaded by unscrupulous developers. Well, the client antivirus service, which is discussed above, is just around the corner.

Most likely, the new development is based on the VirusTotal service purchased by Google earlier (the amount of the transaction is unknown).

Via thenextweb