Now, what’s interesting is that Huawei devices were the only ones facing this issue, and China coincidentally has the maximum number of Huawei smartphone users. Avast was quick to act on this issue and released a patch on the 30th of October, that seemingly fixed the issue. To make things clearer, the google search bar widget that is available in most android phones, was being flagged as a trojan horse, and as such, users were not able to use it for their daily use.
When Google was approached with this, the tech giant quickly responded by saying that they had nothing to do with these warnings. Their apps are consistent across the ecosystem, and that affected users should take up the issue with the developer of the concerned app.
