Is it possible to safely install an apk file if virustotal did not find any viruses in it?

Question

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Is it possible to safely install an apk file if virustotal did not find any viruses in it?

Answer 1

It's still a lottery and a question of the reputation of the place where you got the APK. Just because virustotal may not know about some kind of hero that the APK author knows about. Tracking the APK on the shelf for one to three months can help so that the virustotal databases are updated.

Answer 2

Just like a program on a PC
If you trust the publisher and the site from where you downloaded it, then yes