Potentially risky apps offered in the Google Play Store can take months to be removed
Apps that potentially contain malware remain on the Google Play Store for an average of 77 days after being detected, according to an analysis of software.
鈥淭he impression has been that app markets are doing a great job taking down malicious apps, so the problem is basically solved,鈥 says at Boston University. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not as much of a solved problem as is thought.鈥
Stringhini and his colleagues at antivirus software company Norton monitored the results of 8.8 million daily scans from 11.7…
