Bear in mind it is Avast writing this post (not exactly my favourite company at the moment, incorrectly reporting a trojan to a few users in one of my Apps), so

Bear in mind it is Avast writing this post (not exactly my favourite company at the moment, incorrectly reporting a trojan to a few users in one of my Apps), so the alarmist perspective is motivated by their business. If the worst they can report on is an obscure and rather obviously dodgy looking App no longer on Google Play then there isn't much for us to worry about.