We hope this puts your mind at ease and ask kindly for anyone affected by this unfortunate mistake to reconsider the low feedback ratings given on the Play Store. It is plainly evident by the short list of permissions it requires that we are not collecting any user data either. It is currently running completely ad-free and is not monetized in any way. At this point in time our Android app is more of a passion project for our dedicated fans more than anything else. We at GSMArena have always strived for full transparency in our work and place utmost value on trust and a good relationship with our users. Multiple virus tools tend to share the same sets of definitions, which explains the multiple sources of the alerts as well. Plus, the fact that the virus warnings are popping up just recently without us having changed the app clearly points to an unfortunate case of misbehaving new virus definitions. It would be even harder for us to continue 'slipping in' malicious code over multiple app updates.

Google Play Console admin reviews with app version included This screenshot was taken straight from the Google Play Console admin. You will also notice that some of the reviews we received are from users actually running the older 1.5 version. There is very little chance for malicious code to actually slip by it. It runs both on the files we publish to the store and then once again as you install the app on your device. Google has a myriad of very strict security and virus scans of its own via the Google Play Protect program. First and foremost, our app is only officially available through the Google Play Store. There are a few more details surrounding the unfortunate situation we would like to point out as well. We strive for full transparency and encourage anyone out there harboring some doubts to grab and scan the APK for themselves. We are also including a more thorough report from a multi-tool virus scan on an APK file downloaded straight from the Google Play Store, courtesy of. Reports from AVG AntiVirus, Avast Mobile Security and Malware-bytes, all clean Here are screenshots from AVG AntiVirus, Avast Mobile Security and Malware-bytes on a phone running the latest GSMArena 1.6.6 app.

Virus and malware detection is not a perfect process and we have already reached out to anti-virus software developers to remedy the situation and the issue has seemingly been resolved. Unfortunately, such things happen from time to time. We can assure you that these warnings are all false-positives. A few users have reported a message from AVG identifying an Evo-gen trojan threat inside the app and a similar thing has also reportedly happened to a user on an Oppo phone, with the warning issues by the phone's built-in protection. It has recently come to our attention that a number of our Android app users have been receiving menacing virus warnings from various antivirus apps.

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