Android throws a 'Bouncer' to Fighting Growing Malware Threat

Months after the reports of malware threatening Android, Google Inc has thrown a bouncer to fight back the growing malware threat.

The new sheriff in town is Bouncer: a security service Google put in place to scan new apps as developers load them onto Market, its applications store.

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Bouncer sweeps apps for potentially malicious behavior and also analyzes new developer accounts to prevent "repeat-offenders" from distributing their wares, Google says. Those heightened efforts are paying off, it added.

Read more: Huffington Post

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