谷歌發現惡意軟件後暫停中國應用【拼多多】在Play商店的使用

March 21, 2023 / 3:42 PM / CBS/AP

Google suspends Chinese app Pinduoduo from Play store after malware is found

Google has suspended the Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo on its Play Store after malware was discovered insome versions of the retail platform from other sources.

Google said in a statement Tuesday that it suspended Pinduoduo on the Google Play app store out of "security concerns" and that it was investigating the matter.

The suspension of Pinduoduo — mainly used in China — comes amid heightened U.S.-China tensions over Chinese-owned apps such as TikTok, which some U.S. lawmakers say could be a national security threat. They allege that such apps could be used to spy on American users.

"Malicious versions" blocked from Google Play

Popular in China, Pinduoduo is an e-commerce app which often offers discounts if users team up to buy multiples of an item. Google warned users Tuesday to uninstall any Pinduoduo app not downloaded from its own Play Store.

Downloads of Android and even iOS apps can often be found on websites that allow people to download mobile applications without going through official stores.

在某些版本的零售平臺中發現來自其他來源的惡意軟件後，谷歌已暫停其Play Store上的中國購物應用拼多多。

谷歌周二在一份聲明中表示，出於「安全考慮」，已暫停拼多多在谷歌Play應用商店的使用，並正在調查此事。

主要在中國使用的拼多多被暫停之際，美中兩國因TikTok等中國擁有的應用程序而緊張局勢加劇，一些美國議員表示，TikToks可能對國家安全構成威脅。他們聲稱，這些應用程序可能被用來監視美國用戶。

「惡意版本」被Google Play屏蔽

拼多多是一款在中國很受歡迎的電子商務應用，如果用戶組隊購買一件商品的倍數，它通常會提供折扣。谷歌星期二警告用戶卸載任何沒有從自己的Play商店下載的拼多多應用程序。Android甚至iOS應用程序的下載通常可以在網站上找到，這些網站允許人們在不經過官方商店的情況下下載移動應用程序。