I have an Android app that I have written and when my friend installs it on his phone (which has Avast Mobile Security) it prompts that the app may be malicious and asks if we want to Remove or Ignore.
The exact message is...
"MY APP NAME" could be dangerous. It may harm your device.
What in the world could it be detecting? My app does nothing malicious at all. All it does it make HTTP calls back my server to get XML feeds which provide the data I need to populate the different Views.
Anyone have any clues as to what could be the trigger so I can correct it?
FYI...the App was installed directly using the .APK build from Android Studio. Could that be what Avast is detecting? Maybe installing from Google Play would resolve this?
I had also this problem. Avast marks non Google Play apps (installed via .apk) as malicious, because it haven't any reputation at Play Store.
So don't worry. If the app is installed via Google Play, it will not have this problem.
Take a look here