Android and antivirus? There is no need … – PC World

chief engineer of the team responsible for the security of Android has given an interesting statements about the extent of risks for users of Google.

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According to the conclusions of many previous reports, security experts Android system is highly vulnerable to attacks by cybercriminals who to distribute malicious code also use Google Play store.

Google Play is safe

On this background, a very interesting statement falls responsible for the security of Android Adrian Ludwig, which gave just before the start of the conference Google I / O. Strongly rejected these proposals in it, noting that they do not provide information on the actual number of Android users who have been victims of malware coming from Google Play.

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“In practice, most people will never see a potentially harmful application. In fact, most people do not even know someone who would install potentially malicious application. Yeah, I think it is overrated risk” – said Adrian Ludwig.

It is worth noting that actually wile reports on infection Android mentions that they are primarily a source of dangerous apps from places other than Google Play.

Antivirus ? There is no need

Adrian Ludwig also commented on the commercially available anti-virus. In his opinion, 99% of Android users do not need to install such security on your device.

These words can also be translated as follows: Given the fact that currently on the market are used several Android devices billion (in 2014 want to sell them, according to forecasts over a billion pieces), in dozens of millions of cases of antivirus certainly would come in handy …