Reply to post: So much for the Bouncer

Android apps punched out by Judy malware

Dan 55 Silver badge

So much for the Bouncer

While the ads are downloaded, the code to open a hidden browser window, download a web page and render it, then show it over everything else is inside the original app. Very few apps legitimately need to do things like that and the page can be set to do anything in the future.

Why are we putting our faith in what is probably a giant regex string at Google's end?

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