Don't Trust Google Play Protect to Shield Your Android

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Google Play Protect is supposed to protect users from malicious apps in the Google Play Store — but of 20 Android programs evaluated by AV-Test, Google Play Protect bears the dubious honor of being the only one that doesn’t routinely protect its users.
Those results come from AV-Test, a Madgeburg, Germany-based security firm, which periodically evaluates antivirus programs for Windows, Mac OS, Android and Linux. Overall, the results of its latest antivirus testing were pretty encouraging. Of 20 programs tested, AV-Test awarded 12 perfect scores and 19 recommendations. Only Google Play Protect didn’t make the cut. FULL STORY
 
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