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Hugely popular Android security app revealed as a complete scam

08
Apr
2014

As we’ve noted before, there are definite downsides to Google’s policy of allowing all apps onto the Google Play store and only removing them after users flag them as malicious. The flaws in this approach were once again on display this past weekend when Android Police revealed that Android security app Virus Shield, which had just hit the No. 1 spot on Google’s new paid apps chart, was a complete scam. Why is Virus Shield a scam, you ask? Mostly because it costs $3.99 and literally doesn’t do anything at all to protect your phone from viruses. According to Android Police, the app supposedly tells you whether your phone is secure by having a shield icon that contains either an “X” mark to

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