The article claimed that the app in question, Super Antivirus 2018, was equally ineffective at blocking malware as was Virus Shield, but was more sophisticated in its report of apps that had been “scanned”. In January 2018, Sophos’ NakedSecurity blog reported that a new dubious antivirus app for Android was available from the Google Play Store. ![]() Unfortunately, more dubious antivirus apps – ones which appear not to offer any protection at all – have appeared since then. ![]() Worryingly, the app had been available on the Google Play Store, and thousands of users had paid money for it (although this was ultimately refunded to them by Google). ![]() In reality, running the app simply showed a progress bar, supposed to represent scan progress, followed by an announcement at the end of the “scan” that the device was free of malicious apps. AV-Comparatives’ 2017 test of Android antivirus products was inspired by the discovery of an Android app called Virus Shield, which claimed to scan mobile devices for malware, but in fact did nothing of the sort.
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