Google Suspends Pinduoduo App Over Malware Concerns

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Google has flagged several apps made by Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo as malware and suspended the company's official app on the Play Store due to security concerns. The apps were found to contain malware designed to monitor users, and Google has set its Android security mechanism to block users from installing these malicious apps and warn those who have them already installed. The malicious apps were present on the custom app stores of phone manufacturers Samsung, Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi.
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