Google Play Store is the largest application center of the Android ecosystem, but it is also the most used because it guarantees the security of our device. A few days ago, the alarms were triggered by the publication of a report by TrendLabs Security Intelligence stating that the Play Store hosted more than 400 malicious applications . Google does not want to remain impassive before the threat that this supposes, for that reason it has taken new measures so that Play Store is safer .
One of the new measures that has just taken are restrictions on the organic positioning of applications , which will prevent those clones of "questionable quality" from appearing in the top positions of searches.
The algorithm of positioning of the applications when we carry out searches in Google Play Store, is a complex system that values the average note of the app, the positive opinions, etc. As expected, some developers create clones of applications, then manipulate the ratings and get your application appears in the top positions , thus deceiving the most unsuspecting users.
This technique has proliferated so much in Play Store, that Google has finally decided to take action on the matter. We can read in an official statement , that from now on you will locate these "clone" or "malicious" applications to place them in the queue of searches and even the elimination of the application is not ruled out.
This measure is something that does not surprise us, because it was very common to see how developers of dubious professionalism used a name very similar to the original application and even copied the design of the app to try to deceive the user.
There are even cases of applications that do nothing, they are simply an interface and a striking name to attract the attention of potential users. Examples of useless applications are, for example, "anti-mosquito" applications or "RAM optimizers".
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