6 Quick Tips to Detect Malware Android Apps in the Google Play Store

Most of you must be using the Google Play Store since a long time and you must have come across Malware apps at some point of point of time. Each and every malware threats cannot be caught even if Google features screening procedure to verify the apps. You might not be able to identify these malware apps in the Google Play Store and so we have come up with some ways to detect malwares in the Android apps in the Google Play Store. Check out the below listed 6 quick ways to detect malware apps.

The very 1st thing to do is check the release date of the app and for our merit, each and every Android app showcased in the Google Play has its original uploaded date along with latest update dates. An app having multiple updates is said to be much stable and hence its not a malware app but an app sitting idle since months without any update is a malware app for sure. This idle app is not likely to work on your device and we strongly recommend you not to install such apps on your device.

Secondly, check the number of downloads recorded for the app to know if it is trust worthy to the people who downloaded it earlier. If you find a good number of downloads of that particular app, you can prefer to download it and in case you find too less, downloads, know that it contains malware. You can review the comments of users on the app too. One of the best thing to do is 1st download the apps to your computer and then transfer it to your phone or any other device.

Normally, what happens is the Android apps ask for permissions in order to access your device but in many cases, l the apps ask permission for access to only the basic functionalities. Therefore, if your desired app asks for permission to access to your complete phone or device, you should prefer a second thought.

Just like we discussed above, if any app asks you to permit compete access to your device, omit this step and jump over to the app’s homepage and search if any contact information like website or email is provided by the developer. The trusted apps display their contact info and hence do not install the app if you find no contact info.

On the app page, click on the “Reviews” tab and here you will find reviews about the app posted by users who have already used the app. The reviews would contain content about the working, performance, bugs and issues of the app. So you can go through these and decide whether to install or not accordingly.

Using an Anti-malware app is the best way for the avoidance of installation of malware apps on your Android based device. When you have installed this app, it will check and detect malware threats on your device in a continuous process. In case you start installing any app malware app, the anti-malware app will detect the malware and stop the installation immediately. The best Anti-malware apps for Android are Avast, Zoner, Comodo Anti-Virus and Sophos.

Safeguard your device from malware apps in the Google Play store by implementing the above discussed quick tips. Let us know if these tips worked for your device.