Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Does Android scan every app you install or only apps installed from the Google Play Store? Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 14:11:31 +0200 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 5hi1QXHn753pX0N6zYiw/g7aQKZZdDR0ZOPGeHalSxjeG1C4b5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EMWLY8tE7CVAayxFHTtT7Euvs3M= sha256:OHnweWLnWeEQFyRTg++lm5SlRQKNSEkIfuMVolo8JSo= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1796 Wolf Greenblatt, 2024-06-02 23:13: > By default, does Android scan every app you install for malware, > or does Android only scan apps installed from the Google Play Store? That also depends on the device as well since some manufactures modify the official version of Android to their needs and some provide their own security solutions like Xiaomi. However, by default Android will scan every app regardless where it came from. Also see: Settings -> Security & privacy -> App security -> Play protect and the the "Play Protect settings" you can open with the settings icon on the top right. In these settings there is also the following option, which is enabled by default: Improve harmful app detection Send unknown apps to Google for better detection And "unknown apps" means apps which you did not install using Google Play but by using an APK file or alternative sources like F-Droid. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de