APPS: six percent of Android apps in Google Play store are malware - by Phil Moore

Six percent of all Android apps in the Google Play app store are Malware, according to a new definition of malware from a security firm called lookout. While “malware” has up to now been more strictly defined as apps which contain or exhibit virus-like features aimed at taking over or sabotaging a computing device, Lookout is now adding what it calls adware to the malware mix.

Adware is defined as apps which display ads outside of the app, try to nab your personal information, or do things they’re not supposed to when a user taps on an ad. The unsettling part: on the other Android app stores not run by Google itself, the percentage is even higher.

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