Between October and December 2022, installs of potentially harmful applications (PHAs) via the Google Play Store represented over 0.1 percent of all app installs on the platform. Of all the PHAs installs, 72 percent contained privilege escalation. An additional 13 percent contained spyware, while six percent of the total contained trojan malware.
Distribution of potentially harmful applications installed via the Google Play Store worldwide from October 2022 to December 2022, by type
The source defines PHA as 'potentially harmful applications'
According to the source, installs of potentially harmful applications represent less than one percent of all the installs on Android devices equipped with Google Play Protect.
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