Google deletes 22 fraudulent app from its Android Market

22 apps have been removed from ‘Android Market because it potentially harmful because of their fraudulent content. This is software that tricks you into believing that you are downloading a little program, when in fact it is giving permission to give your phone to send an SMS at a cost of about £ 3 or € 3 and a half.


Google is always under the eye of the storm, which gives developers the freedom to make their apps available on the Android Market without review and prior approval, something that is always done with Apple’s App Store that Microsoft with its Windows Mobile app market. Since when fraudulent apps have been loaded on Google and digital market until such time as the same have been removed, the 14,000 users have downloaded well, all over Europe.

“Google should pay more attention to the public and which makes software that enables its users to download.” These are the words of David Emm, Kaspersky researcher, one of the leading companies in the world in the production of anti-virus software. Emm said that the flexibility that ensures the Android Market is great, but should also provide for user safety. As the mobile market is growing, in fact, security is increasingly at risk, whereas we should keep it under tight control.

The problem is actually bigger than it might seem at first glance. Google services rely heavily on the cloud, which are interconnected via the Internet. If the Android Market should have security problems, are also at risk a range of services connected to it, including Gmail.

Security is one of the most important aspects that must be treated in the network, the giants are well aware of the web. With this in mind, perhaps Big G should do something more.