Google is beefing up the way it checks if any of the apps uploaded to its Play store are malicious.
All new apps will be scanned by malware-spotting tools from three cyber-security companies as well as Google’s own in-house system.
Google said it needed help because the number of apps being uploaded was too large for it to handle alone.
Nasty Play apps can hit lots of people. Malicious code found in June was in apps downloaded 400 million times.
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