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com.miui.guardprovider

System security components

Risk: With care
Source: Manufacturer
What it is: Other

What it is

Guard Provider security app

The app includes 3 different antivirus brands built in that the user can choose (Avast, AVL and Tencent).

This app notably performs a virus scan of any apps you want to install.

A serious vulnerability was found in 2019.

You may want to remove this app from a privacy stance.

Careful: Removing this package will very likely break any app installation/update. Before removing, disable security things in MIUI security app. On HyperOS this module is responsible for showing the 'Install via USB' prompt when installing apps via ADB (enabled through developer options, requires Mi account the first time).

Commands

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.guardprovider

To put it back:

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.miui.guardprovider

Every removal listed here is per-user only: the system image is untouched, and the restore command puts the app back from the copy already on the device. Nothing is downloaded.

References

This is not the directory. Here we say what a package is in general; what happens on your particular television is on your model's entry, and that one wins. The same package can be dead weight on one set and hold the home screen up on another.