Security News > 2020 > June > Trend Micro pulls another app over security fears: This time, the Privacy Browser in the Dr Safety Android suite

Trend Micro has pulled the Privacy Browser from its Dr Safety Android security suite following the discovery of a reoccurring flaw that could be abused to trick people into thinking malicious pages were legit.

Trend responded by pulling the app from its Android security suite.

"We had a low severity security issue reported to us under responsible disclosure and we decided to remove the component from our free Android App," Trend told El Reg.

While not a massive security issue on its own or a crippling blow to the Dr Suite - the browser is only one of many bits of security software in the application - the bug and subsequent removal of the browser is not exactly a welcome development for Trend Micro.

Though Trend Micro said the tool was removed due to an unidentified security issue, it was discovered a driver within the software mysteriously altered the way it allocated memory in order to pass Microsoft's quality certification tests when it detected it was under examination.

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