Chinese smartphone manufacturers view Google apps as 'malware'.

In recent days, users of Chinese-branded smartphones such as Huawei, Honor, and Vivo have reported receiving "security threat " warnings on their phones due to installing Google apps. In a post on Google's support page, a user of a Huawei P10 stated that the device had "detected the Google app as malware called TrojanSMS-PA".

The user then uninstalled and reinstalled the program, but the issue persisted. The P10 was still the generation of Huawei smartphones that fully utilized Google services on the Android platform before the US trade bans from late 2019, which resulted in the removal of Google services from the Mate 30 onwards.

Virus warnings have appeared on the Huawei P30 (a device that still has Google services).

Thousands of others have reported experiencing similar issues, with the majority using Huawei and Honor phones, and a smaller number using Vivo devices.

Editors at the security news site Bleeping Computer confirmed that the devices they are using are also showing warnings about malware, a security threat embedded in Google's software. TrojanSMS-PA is warned to be able to silently send SMS messages, steal personal information, and make unauthorized payments. However, security experts believe these are "false alarms."

A Google representative asserted that the notification did not originate from the company's Play Protect system, as "official" applications from Google, when uploaded to the Play Store, must also undergo the same review and security scan procedures as programs from other developers, all meeting security standards. The company suggested that users may have been using devices not certified by Play Protect, and therefore downloaded and installed applications from unreliable sources.

However, the Huawei devices currently showing malware warnings, as reported by users, are all devices released before the US ban, and other brands like Honor and Vivo are also affected, so experts believe Google's conjecture is inaccurate.

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