Installs of potentially harmful applications (PHAs) via the Google Play Store represented on average 0.13 percent of all downloads on the platforms during the last quarter of 2022. In the second half of 2019, the Google Play Store reported two campaigns of Spyware and DoS that caused PHAs installs to increase to 0.08 percent.
Average share of potentially harmful applications (PHAs) installs via the Google Play Store from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2022
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Average share of potentially harmful applications install
Quarterly data summarized by Statista on the basis of data by the source.
The source identifies 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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