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Google Patches Ads Into Android Tv Home Screens Without Warning

Jon Porter writing for The Verge One Reddit thread noted that the ads had appeared on a Sony 900F, which has a starting price of $999.99. And Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be many other options to get rid of the ads. Users on Reddit have reported that even if they attempt to disable “Android TV Core Services,” turn off auto-updates, and uninstall the latest update, the ads still seem to return after they restart their TVs.

Two Thirds Of Android Antivirus Apps Dont Work Properly

Jon Fingas writing for Engadget In some cases, the failure is a simple one: they’re not really scanning app code. AV-Comparatives found that are just using app whitelists or blacklists, and sometimes very broad ones at that. They may allow all apps whose package files start with “com.instagram,” but it would be trivial to create rogue apps that used a variant on that name.