Asked by Digital Trends, Jaime Gonzalo, head of the Huawei Mobile Services division in Europe, explains that the sites to which users are referred all have a certain legitimacy. They are all referenced by search engines and must be officially registered with an organization in Europe or the United States.
There are several systems in place to ensure that an APK source is trustworthy. ” We review site and app popularity to assess credibility, and make sure the page has the latest version of the app available, as it usually contains the latest security patches. At the end of the process, we perform an internal check for malware “says Jaime Gonzalo
He adds that during the download, the integrity of the application is checked so that it does not decompile or install another APK in parallel. Malware and virus protection then come into play to make sure the app doesn’t do anything unexpected, like trying to gain unauthorized access. If the artificial intelligence detects a problem, the installation will be automatically suspended.
Huawei considers the security risk to be low by installing an APK file. Of the 830 million apps downloaded through Petal Search, half came not from the App Gallery, but from an APK. Of course, the danger is always present. If you read Clubic diligently, you are aware that even Play Store applications are regularly pinned for hosting malware of all kinds.