Protect against harmful apps
Scan phone for harmful apps
Google Play Protect   helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your apps, including 
sideloaded apps, to check for potentially harmful apps (malware).
If Google Play Protect nds a potentially harmful app, it stops the app from running and warns you so that 
you can uninstall it.
To see the results or to rescan:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch   > My apps & games.
3. Do any of the following:
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To see the results of latest scan, on the UPDATES, look at the message next to  .
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To rescan your phone, touch  .
Google Play Protect is on by default.
If your phone seems slow
If you’ve scanned your phone to conrm there aren’t any potentially harmful apps but your phone seems 
slow, try these troubleshooting steps.
Be ready to nd a lost phone
Make sure your phone can be found. Find My Device allows you to remotely locate, lock, and erase your 
phone.
If you ever need to nd your phone, your phone will need to:
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Be turned on
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Be signed in to a Google account
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Be connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi
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Have location services turned on
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Have Find My Device turned on
To check that Find My Device is on for your phone:
1. Go to Settings > Security.
2.
Touch Find My Device and turn it on  .
3.
To learn more, touch   > Help & Feedback.
To conrm that you can nd your phone, go to android.com/nd on your phone or from a computer.
Other settings : Security
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