PC World - USA (2019-12)

DECEMBER 2019 PCWorld 13

With the App Defense Alliance,

Google Play Protect might actually

keep malware off your phone

Google has announced a new alliance to augment its inadequate Play Protect
malware-detection system. BY MICHAEL SIMON

W

hile Android has come a

long way in its fight against

so-called “bad actors” in

the Play Store, Google

formation of a new App Defense Alliance with

some of the biggest names in mobile security.

The partnership brings Google, ESET (go.

pcworld.com/esav), Lookout (go.pcworld.

com/lkot), and Zimperium (go.pcworld.

com/zimp) together to augment Android’s

Play Protect malware scanner that’s been in

isn’t able to stop every malicious app from
making its way inside (go.pcworld.com/
insd). So it’s stepping up its efforts with the