Several WhatsApp clones, developed on WhatsApp and with more features than usual, have a significant number of users today. Although these third-party applications are considered risky for personal security, users continue to use these applications. But today, about one of these clone apps an important development it happened.

GBWhatsApp, a popular alternative among WhatsApp clones, has been flagged as a ‘malicious app’ by Play Protect, Google’s system that scans mobile apps installed on your phone for threats. GBWhatsApp owners on their phones who said the app could be harmful? came across the warning.

Google Play Protect has detected GBWhatsApp as malware:

After the aforementioned warning, although the developers of GBWhatsApp released an update that will prevent Play Protect from performing this detection, the warning was an important reminder for users. All free third-party cloning apps like GBWhatsApp ensure users’ safety. has the potential to compromise without the user’s knowledge. Therefore, if you want to be sure of the security of your chats on WhatsApp, we advise you to stay away from such applications.

Google Play Protect regularly scans the applications on the device and informs users if there is a malicious application. The system warns the user about potentially harmful applications and disables the application until the user uninstalls the application. It can also remove the app automatically in some cases.