Google marks Vanced Manager as a malicious application Play Protection has started to consider YouTube Vanced and YouTube Music Vanced download manager as malicious and suggesting to uninstall it.
This applies to version 2.6.0, downloaded from APKMirror. The current version has the number 2.6.2 and Play Protection does not respond to it.
Android Police suggests that it could be a phishing app created by scammers. The YouTube Vanced project has been shut down due to legal threats from Google. On March 13, the developers of the app said they would no longer support the app, and the download links will be removed.
But those who had time to install the manager can still use YouTube Vanced. So it's not surprising that scammers can take advantage of the situation and post fake and malicious versions of the program.
