Android's New Google Play Protect System Miserably Fails First Security Test

[LASER_oneXM]

Google's new Play Protect security system did not survive its first real-world tests, and the system was ranked dead last in an experiment carried out by German antivirus testing lab AV-Test.

According to results the laboratory posted on social media, Google Play Protect detected only 65.8% of new malware samples and only 79.2% of one-month-old malware.

Both results are last in their respective categories, as most mobile antivirus solutions scored results in the 99%-100% range, with a few exceptions.

The results do not bode well for Google's marketing efforts. The company has been aggressively advertising Play Protect as a reliable security system in recent months.

Google first announced Play Protect in late May as a service that continuously scans Android apps uploaded on the Play Store and apps on users' devices for malicious behavior.

Play Protect is bundled with the Play Store app
Play Protect is bundled with the Play Store app, and the company says its system relies on machine learning to detect any suspicious activity and also allows the company to reach out on users' devices and remove malicious apps without user interaction.

The service went live officially when Google launched Android 8.0 Oreo at the end of the summer.

 

[TheJokerz]

This is not good, get it together google.

 

[In2an3_PpG]

Why do i feel that this test is just a way to scare people into using either free or paid mobile AV instead of using the built in protection.

I'm taking this with a grain of salt as usual.

 

[mlnevese]

I never had any malware on my Android devices. Anyway my phone has a builtin McAfee antivirus, Samsung's choice, not mine and the playstore protection active...

 

[tim one]

It's strange... but I had a premonition on that!

 

[vemn]

:X3::X3::X3:
Hopefully they get it up to function... and protection...

Apple phones are expensive ...