Google removed over 7 lakh malicious Android apps from Play Store in 2017

Category > OTHERS || Published on : Wednesday, January 31, 2018 || Views: 3829 || malicious Android apps Google removed over 7 lakh malicious Android apps from Play Store in 2017


Google claims to have pulled down more than 7 lakh app from Play store that the Google Play policies last year. Reason: because they are bad apps. Play store is the home to millions of apps, out of which, some are good, while some are bad apps. In Google's language, bad apps are the ones that don't follow Play store's policy. Google on Tuesday announced that Google Play in 2017 has taken action against the "bad apps", it basically used machine learning to identify bad apps with identifiers like -- impersonation, inappropriate content, and malware.

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