Two weeks ago, the third-party application YouTube Vanced announced its closure following pressure from Google. We Android users have been left without one of the best alternatives to the official YouTube app, and now we find out that Google has taken another step for users who still have Vanced installed on their devices.
Until Vanced was closed, to download this application along with others from the developer, you had to download Advanced Managerwhich was the “store” where users could download and update the application Advanced YouTube. Too, If YouTube Vanced Manager is still installed, you may receive a Google Play Protect alert..
Vanced Manager as harmful application
In the last few hours without many users who received an alert via Play to protect; standard antivirus on all mobiles with Google Play; who reports that “Vanced Manager puts your device at risk” and uninstall this harmful application.
Even if Advanced YouTube has been closed and will not receive further updates, it is expected that the application will continue to work for a few more years, until Google changes some essential APIs of its video service, and as we can See, it looks like Google doesn’t want any user to access the installer for this app.
This Play Protect security warning has yet to reach everyone who has installed it Advanced manager, and if Vanced Manager is installed and manually scans your apps with Play Protect, it may not detect it as malicious. It seems that Google is updating its database to gradually send the notice to users.
For now, the YouTube Vanced app has gotten rid of this security warning. Currently only your download manager is affected, but this could change in the next few hours or days and Play Protect also recommends uninstalling Vanced, apologizing for security reasons.
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