[myko]

Which popular/mainstream Android apps were taken down from Google Play due to malware?

I'll grant you third party Android app stores and side loading is more dangerous than iOS - but in the case of Google Play vs iTunes it seems like Google Play is safer.

[coldtea]

>Which popular/mainstream Android apps were taken down from Google Play due to malware?

Well, there have been popular apps that have been infected as came pre-installed in phones:

http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/android-smartphone-malware....

As well as apps pulled from Google Play for having malware:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/04/mobile-malware_n_66...

http://www.coindesk.com/google-pulls-six-mobile-wallpaper-ap...

http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/google-play-fake-app/

[myko]

Right, I agreed that there are some cases of malware on Google Play. The apps you linked don't look to have the number of users affected by this latest App Store scare. That's why I said overall Play seems safer than iTunes.