Google reveals it is already scanning Android apps for malware | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Even though most malicious Android apps are served from third-party app markets, cyber crooks occasionally manage to disseminate some via Google's official Android Market.

 

Codenamed "Bouncer", it scans both newly added and old apps in search for potentially malicious software, and analyzes developer accounts in order to prevent repeat-offending developers from returning with new malicious offerings.