Google has moved for an emergency stay on the Epic judgment, as the Court gave just three weeks to make sweeping changes to the Play Store.

Google has requested the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily halt a ruling that compels the company to open its Play Store to third-party competitors while it appeals an antitrust decision won by Epic Games.

Google says in a statement about its motion that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."

Security researchers have warned that malicious apps with millions of installs have been detected in the Google Play Store. Here’s what you need to know.

Google has asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of a recent Epic ruling. Judge James Donato recently ruled that Google must allow

The “dangerous” permissions highlighted by that report include location tracking, access to cameras, contacts and the phone itself. Google’s enhanced protection doesn’t clamp down as widely as that, but focuses on financial exploits that require user credentials and one-time passcodes.

The tech giant tries to stave off a judge's efforts to force it to open its Play app store to wider competition.

The company says the imminent deadline to implement changes gives it little time to try to mitigate ‘serious risks.’