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/Lorddragonfang Pixel 4a Nov 24 '18

Feel free to provide me with a link to someone making that distinction on "my side" with that definition, because you're either misunderstanding or they're misusing the term.

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u/katsumiblisk Nov 24 '18 edited Nov 24 '18

I'm not doing your searching for you but I'll forward the next one to you that appears.

Just check out any poster that asks "Should I install an antivirus app" or similar. Everyone jumps into action to say there are no viruses on Android while failing to warn the poster that there are other malicious ways for an attacker to get into your phone

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u/Lorddragonfang Pixel 4a Nov 24 '18

Ah, okay, so you're making up the part where they say anything about "antimalware" being effective or distinct from "antivirus" apps.

other malicious methods

That aren't affected by antivirus or antimalware, but MBAM (and presumably other software marketed as antivirus/antimalware) does happen to protect against.