Malwarebytes App Gone From Play Store

[WAL123]

Why did Google remove it ?

[mbam_mtbr]

HI @WAL123,

Just checked, and it's still there: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware

Nathan

[exile360]

It wasn't at the time the OP reported it.  I verified it on my own system, but it is indeed back now.  At the time that it had vanished it didn't show up either from the direct link to the Play Store from the Malwarebytes.com Android page or via searching for 'malwarebytes' on the Play Store but everything appears fine now.

[treed]

Google removed the app from the store late Thursday night (US time), citing use of call/SMS permissions that we had already removed from the app, and thus were no longer present. We re-submitted exactly the same build, with an incremented version number, and it was accepted. 🤨 This is the second time now that this has happened, and we believe it's an automation failure on Google's end. 😡

We're investigating, but Google doesn't make it easy to contact a human.