Of course, it doesn’t help that people like Tim Cook actively join in on the lying and FUD. They tried these scummy scare tactics for OS X, iOS, and recently it’s been Android’s turn.
These people actively lie and spread FUD about popular platforms just to scare people into buying their crappy, bloated, unnecessary software. This requires users to download the app in a browser, ignore a standard security warning about APK files, and disable a security option in Android’s main settings menu.Īs I’ve been saying for years and years now, antivirus peddlers are the scum of the technology industry. While there are indeed fake versions of many popular Android apps available for download, Trend failed to mention in their initial promotion for the report that the apps in question were posted outside the Play Store, and had to be installed manually in what’s commonly known as a side-load. It turns out that Trend Micro is guilty of a little over-eager language that obfuscated the nature of some of these threats. Well, reality is a little different, as TechRepulic and Android Police found out.
Antivirus peddler Trend Micro recently issued a “report”, in which it states that “Google Play populated with fake apps, with more than half carrying malware”.
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