Google is improving its security measures on Android Market after placing Bouncer on the door, to prevent the entry of undesirable apps. Bouncer has been monitoring the Android Market for several months already, and Google claims it has seen a 40 percent drop in malicious apps between the first half and second half of 2011, Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice president of engineering for Google's Android group, wrote on the Google Mobile blog 2 February. The service automatically scans Android Market for potentially malicious software without requiring developers to go through an application approval process.
Source: eweek
