Google recently pulled the Chinese-owned Pinduoduo app off of its Google Play App Store after malware was found on a Chinese version of the app.
“Off-Play versions of this app that have been found to contain malware have been enforced on via Google Play Protect,” the Google Play spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.
Though Google Play hasn’t found the malware on the version of the app distributed through its app store, the technology and search engine company is preventing users from downloading “Off-Play” versions of the app on devices that use Google Play. Google also decided to suspend the Play Store version of the app while it continues to scrutinize the app….