Today everyone uses smartphones. After purchasing a new smartphone, people first install all the necessary apps on it. Although the option of Google Play Store is provided by default to install apps in Android phones, but sometimes people download some apps from third party app store or use APK file.

APK files can be dangerous!
Let us tell you that in today’s time the use of third party app stores and APK files is not free from risk. Many times you get APK files of some apps which are not available on Google Play Store. These are the only apps that are banned from the Play Store or do not have an agreement with Google. Let us tell you that downloading an unverified app from any other source can put your privacy at risk and your data can also be stolen. Google does not have control over APK files downloaded from other sources, due to which installing these apps increases the risk of hacking, data theft and cyber crime. If you have installed any app from APK file or any other unverified source, then you will have to scan the apps. For this you can take help of Google.

This tool from Google Play Store will be useful
It is very important to pay attention to whether the app installed in the phone is safe or not? Let us tell you that Google had brought Google Play Protect feature for Android smartphone users a few years ago. Google Play Protect periodically checks apps downloaded from the Google Play Store for viruses and scams.

Not only this, this feature also scans your smartphone. If your smartphone is at risk from any app, this feature will give you information about it. You can use this feature by following some steps.

How to use Google Play Protect feature

• Open the Google Play Store app.


• After this select the profile icon.


• Play Protect option will appear, select it.


• After this scan the smartphone.

If any app poses a threat to your smartphone, Google Play Protect will inform you about it. After which you can immediately remove or uninstall that app. Before installing the app, you must also check the Google Play Protect verification badge. Apps with verification badge are considered better in terms of security.