Question about APKMirror.com

[madgorilla]

Hi. I would like to download Facebook Lite for Android. Main Facebook app is too heavy and makes my phone barely usable. Unfortunately Facebook Lite is not available in my country. However, I found an apk file on apkmirror.com. The problem is that I don't know if it is safe to download apps from that site. I am also wondering how could I verify if an app downloaded from source other than Google Play is malicious or not. It seems that I could scan it using virustotal.com but I don't know if antivirus engines used by virustotal are able to detect malware designed for Android system. This is why I would like to ask you what you think about APKMirror.

 

[Exterminator]

apkmirror.com has an "excellent" site rating on WOT
Here is the VirusTotal results(0/62) from the site URL https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/e...84c2e3be7f6fded71309826f48254f82319/analysis/

You can submit the any apk. or executable file here for malware analysis http://anubis.iseclab.org/

apkscan.nviso.be is also pretty good at scanning an apk.

Virustotal has an Android App also

I believe ClamAV is also able to scan apk.

I am scanning it right now and will let you know the result in a few minutes

Most AV's can scan an apk. though

 

[FireShootSK]

Every aplication downloaded from Third-part is potential unsafe. My friend download from this site some games and i now cleaning his phone.

 

[Exterminator]

Clean with anubis
Clean with apkscan.nviso.be http://apkscan.nviso.be/report/show/c4248f8f8591b0a9df0fa92839f5bb52
Clean with ESET

It seems to be a clean apk file from a legitimate website

 

[madgorilla]

Thank you exterminator20. This is the answer I needed.

 

[Androiduser88]

Would anyone be able to check on the Pokemon go app on akpmirror.com? There have been a lot of stories going around about a malicious version. I have a phone that doesn't have access to it in the play store otherwise I wouldn't bother with the app.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

@exterminator20
your going to need a APK scanning request thread now.
See what you started lol

 

[Androiduser88]

Sorry guys, I didn't know it would be a hassle. The OP just seemed like he knew his stuff and I wanted to get it checked out by someone savvy. I'd do it myself but I'm afraid I'd miss something and end up infecting my phone or worse.

 

[Ink]

Any reason that you device cannot access the Google Play Store?

 

[jamescv7]

APKmirror is so far the safe 3rd party download site however make sure to check any possible malicious programs.

(Many of my friends went there and no infections occurred after they download the preferred programs)

Sometimes the unofficial/unverified programs may lead you to something untoward so better stick to Play Store.