Google adds 'Bouncer' malware detector layer to Android Market

Hungry Man · Feb 3, 2012

An important first step.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...malware_detector_layer_to_android_market.html

Google has added a behind-the-scenes service, codenamed Bouncer, to scan for malware on applications on the Android Market in an effort to counter the notion that its mobile operating system is insecure, the company revealed on Thursday.
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Lockheimer admitted that the service has been in effect "for a while now." The post touted a 40 percent decrease in the number of "potentially-malicious downloads" from the Android Market between the first and second halves of 2011.

"This drop occurred at the same time that companies who market and sell anti-malware and security software have been reporting that malicious applications are on the rise," he said.
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Some kinda heuristics/ reputation scan going on in the background/ on the market side.

Perhaps we'll see something soon for Chrome.

J_L · Feb 4, 2012

About freaking time they put their resources on such an important platform.

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