Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has increased Android market security with Bouncer, its new malware detector.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Bolsters Security On Android Market

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) said that it has increased its Android Market security by adding ‘Bouncer’ malware detector to automatically scan Android Apps.

The number of malicious apps on the store dropped 40 percent between the first and second half of 2011 after the introduction of this security.

Hiroshi Lockheimer, Android’s vice president of engineering at Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) said, “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”.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares were at 585.11 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a -0.7% movement in the stock price over the past 3 months.

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