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Google Gets Tough with Android Hackers (GOOG, AAPL)

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Since sometime last year, Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been automatically scanning apps at its Android Market for malicious software that could compromise personal information for users of its Android operating system software. Google, unlike Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), does not employ staff to review the apps that are added to the Android Market, depending instead on its scanning software.

The company said that the number of malware apps in the Android Market fell by 40% between the first and second halfs of 2011. The Wall Street Journal cites the official Google blog:

While it’s not possible to prevent bad people from building malware, the most important measurement is whether those bad applications are being installed from Android Market—and we know the rate is declining significantly.

The blog post is not available this morning, for some reason.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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