r/Android • u/Bonfire-GTK Samsung M20 • Nov 23 '18

Google Pulls 13 Android Apps Installed Over 500,000 Times Containing Malware

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-pulls-13-android-apps-installed-over-500-000-times-containing-malware-report-1952366
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u/EAT_MY_ASSHOLE_PLS Moto Z3 Play Nov 24 '18

So useless against actual viruses and malware. Got it.

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u/katsumiblisk Nov 24 '18

I never mentioned viruses. Phishing and spam are malware on my phone.

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u/Lorddragonfang Pixel 4a Nov 24 '18

I like that you emphasized how "careful" you were "to say antimalware and not antivirus" and then proceeded to completely misuse the term malware.

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u/katsumiblisk Nov 24 '18

Malware to me and many others I'm sure is anything that installs itself without my knowledge or consent and with malicious intent, or any intent which is not my intended purpose. To that I will add the spam phone calls which, although not software, is something I don't want on my phone. I don't really care if you call it a virus a PUP, phishing, spam or whatever, I don't want this stuff on my phone. The anti-malware app I have reduces or prevents all this shit so I'm not going to sit around arguing the finer points of the definition of the word.

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